William Whiteley and Sons
of Prospect Iron Works, Lockwood, Huddersfield.
1850s Machinery business founded by William Whiteley (1820-1867), who had been a master cloth dresser[1]
1861 Iron and brass foundry and machine maker, employing 71 men and 32 boys[2]
1867 William died. Three of his sons, Joe, Charles and William, took over the business.
1891 Makers of Tentering and Drying Machines and Return Steam Traps. [3]
1899 Advert. Return steam traps. [4]
1917 Advert. Mill machinery including rotary pressing machine etc. [5]
1932 Private company.
1932 Advert for sale of machine tools and a cupola to make room for other machinery, on instructions from the purchasers of the business of William Whiteley & Sons Ltd.[6]
1938 Death of Joe Charlesworth, 'head of William Whiteley & Sons' in a road accident, aged 69.[7]
1961 Textile and machine tool engineers, manufacturing mules and finishing machinery for the textile industry. 500 employees. [8]
Name plate. ('incorporating J. Charlesworth'). Exhibit at Armley Mill Museum.
Name Plaque seen at Dorset Steam Fair 2007.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1851 census
- ↑ 1861 census
- ↑ 1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners Directory
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1899. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p11
- ↑ 1917 Worrall's Yorkshire Textile Directory Advert p156
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 12 November 1932
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 4 October 1938
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE