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William Kenyon and Sons

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1911.
September 1915.
1917
1917.
1918
Dec 1921.
1923.
1926. Kisol.
1926.
1931.
1936.
1936.
1943.
1943.
1943. Kendrive.
1951. Advert for cotton driving ropes.

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1951.
October 1952.
1952.
1983.

of Chapel Field Works, Dukinfield.

1866 Company founded.

1907 Private company.

1917 Advert. Rope driving. Boiler covering. [1]

1927 Advert for ropes and rope-driving. [2]

1830 Will of late Edwin Wilson of Hulme House, Chamber Road, Oldham, rope and twine manufacturer and lately head of William Kenyon and Sons [3]

1936 Rope driving and insulation for textile mills. [4]

1940 Advert for pulleys, ropes, slings and insulation. [5]

1945 Advert for cotton driving ropes. [6]

1961 Rope manufacturers, power transmission engineers, sheet metal workers and heat insulation engineers. 1,500 employees. [7]

1971 George Henry Kenyon is Chairman [8]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 1917 Worrall's Yorkshire Textile Directory Advert p188
  2. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1927. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p90
  3. ↑ The Times, Monday, Mar 03, 1930
  4. ↑ The Textile Manufacturer Year Book 1936. Published by Emmott and Co. Advert on p58 & p59
  5. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p106-7
  6. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p126-7
  7. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  8. ↑ The Times, Tuesday, Dec 14, 1971
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