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[[Image: Clabour02.jpg|thumb| 1885 5 HP engine running on compressed air at Bradford Industrial Museum]] | |||
[[Image: Clabour01.jpg|thumb| 1906 40 HP engine running on compressed air at Bradford Industrial Museum]] | |||
[[Image: Clabour-1a.jpg|thumb| Promotional literature from J. B. Clabour]] | |||
[[Image: Clabour-2a.jpg|thumb| Promotional literature from J. B. Clabour]] | |||
J. B. Clabour of Guiseley, near Leeds | |||
Established 1874 | |||
Stationary | Early owners were [[James Bowling Clabour]] and his sons [[James Arthur Clabour]] and [[John Bowling Clabour]] | ||
Steam engines and steam-driven vacuum pumps | |||
1882 Advertising 'Cheapest Horizontal Engines in Yorkshire; 5 and 7 h.p. In stock'<ref>St. Helens Examiner - Saturday 17 June 1882</ref> | |||
1885 5 HP horizontal steam engine. Formerly drove machinery in mechanics' workshop of [[T. D. Whitfield and Sons]] of Oak Lea Mill, Bradford. On display at [[Bradford Industrial Museum]] (see photo). | |||
1894 The building completely destroyed by fire. The 20 workmen escaped without harm. Mr. Clabour's house alongside was OK.<ref>Bradford Daily Telegraph - Saturday 22 December 1894</ref> | |||
1906 Horizontal single cylinder 40 HP steam engine, driving workshop machinery at [[Hearl, Heaton and Co]]., Crown Street Works, Liversedge. Photographed by George Watkins in 1966 <ref>'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain: Volume 1: Yorkshire'. Landmark Publishing Ltd., 2000</ref>. Now preserved at [[Bradford Industrial Museum]] (see photo). | |||
1917 A 10 HP J. B. Clabour horizontal engine was included in the dismantling sale at Victoria Chemical Works and Timber Yard, Clarence Road, Hunslet. <ref>Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 17 March 1917</ref> | |||
1918 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned, [[James Arthur Clabour]] and [[John Bowling Clabour]], carrying on business as Engineers at Guiseley, in the county of York, under the style or firm of J. B. CLABOUR," has been dissolved by mutual consent...'<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31078/page/14976 The London Gazette Publication date:20 December 1918 Issue:31078 Page:14976]</ref> | |||
1923 A 50 HP J. B. Clabour horizontal engine was included in the sale of [[Chald Lane Colour Works]], Wakefield <ref>Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 14 July 1923</ref> | |||
1927 An engine by Clabour was included in the sale of equipment at Cantley Mill, near Doncaster.<ref> Leeds Mercury, 20 May 1927 </ref> | |||
==See Also== | |||
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==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
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* Canadian Journal of Commerce, 6th December 1901 | |||
* Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10 | * Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10 | ||
[[Category:Stationary Engines]] | {{DEFAULTSORT: Clabour, J}} | ||
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[[Category: Town - Guiseley]] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:38, 15 March 2021
J. B. Clabour of Guiseley, near Leeds
Established 1874
Early owners were James Bowling Clabour and his sons James Arthur Clabour and John Bowling Clabour
Steam engines and steam-driven vacuum pumps
1882 Advertising 'Cheapest Horizontal Engines in Yorkshire; 5 and 7 h.p. In stock'[1]
1885 5 HP horizontal steam engine. Formerly drove machinery in mechanics' workshop of T. D. Whitfield and Sons of Oak Lea Mill, Bradford. On display at Bradford Industrial Museum (see photo).
1894 The building completely destroyed by fire. The 20 workmen escaped without harm. Mr. Clabour's house alongside was OK.[2]
1906 Horizontal single cylinder 40 HP steam engine, driving workshop machinery at Hearl, Heaton and Co., Crown Street Works, Liversedge. Photographed by George Watkins in 1966 [3]. Now preserved at Bradford Industrial Museum (see photo).
1917 A 10 HP J. B. Clabour horizontal engine was included in the dismantling sale at Victoria Chemical Works and Timber Yard, Clarence Road, Hunslet. [4]
1918 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned, James Arthur Clabour and John Bowling Clabour, carrying on business as Engineers at Guiseley, in the county of York, under the style or firm of J. B. CLABOUR," has been dissolved by mutual consent...'[5]
1923 A 50 HP J. B. Clabour horizontal engine was included in the sale of Chald Lane Colour Works, Wakefield [6]
1927 An engine by Clabour was included in the sale of equipment at Cantley Mill, near Doncaster.[7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ St. Helens Examiner - Saturday 17 June 1882
- ↑ Bradford Daily Telegraph - Saturday 22 December 1894
- ↑ 'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain: Volume 1: Yorkshire'. Landmark Publishing Ltd., 2000
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 17 March 1917
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:20 December 1918 Issue:31078 Page:14976
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 14 July 1923
- ↑ Leeds Mercury, 20 May 1927
- Canadian Journal of Commerce, 6th December 1901
- Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10