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[[Image:Im100316-Spencer3.jpg|thumb| Seen in Barbados. ]] | [[Image:Im100316-Spencer3.jpg|thumb| Seen in Barbados. ]] | ||
[[Image:Spencer_blower.jpeg|thumb| Blower at Millwall Dock. ]] | [[Image:Spencer_blower.jpeg|thumb| Blower at Millwall Dock. ]] | ||
[[Image:JD 2017 Frome11.jpg|thumb|Cast iron brackets in Frome, Somerset]] | |||
of Melksham Foundry, Melksham, Wilts. | |||
of Beanacre Road, Melksham, Wilts. | of Beanacre Road, Melksham, Wilts. | ||
1884 Successor to [[Spencer and Gillett]] under [[Charles James Spencer]]. | |||
1885 Spencer and Co installed an engine at John Taylor's mill in Melksham<ref>The Engineer</ref> | 1885 Spencer and Co installed an engine at John Taylor's mill in Melksham<ref>The Engineer</ref> | ||
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Successor [[Spencer (Melksham)]] Ltd | Successor [[Spencer (Melksham)]] Ltd | ||
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* A double-acting single cylinder vertical blower, by Spencer & Co is retained on a plinth at the east end of Millwall Outer Dock in the Isle of Dogs. This unit, possibly originally belt driven, is retained as a reminder of the grain silos which once lined this dock. | |||
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A double-acting single cylinder vertical blower, by Spencer & Co is retained on a plinth at the east end of Millwall Outer Dock in the Isle of Dogs. This unit, possibly originally belt driven, is retained as a reminder of the grain silos which once lined this dock. | |||
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[[Category: Agricultural Machinery]] | [[Category: Agricultural Machinery]] | ||
[[Category: Cranes]] | [[Category: Cranes]] | ||
[[Category: Conveyors, Elevators and Escalators]] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:23, 30 January 2025
of Melksham Foundry, Melksham, Wilts.
of Beanacre Road, Melksham, Wilts.
1884 Successor to Spencer and Gillett under Charles James Spencer.
1885 Spencer and Co installed an engine at John Taylor's mill in Melksham[1]
1894 The company was registered on 23 August, to acquire a business of engineers. [2]
c.1900 New factory opened in Melksham
1914 Engineers and contractors. specialities: grain handling machinery, silos etc., coal and ash plants, ore conveyors etc. Employees 750. [3]
1930 Manufacturer of elevating and conveying plant for grain, coal, ore, cement and other materials, and mechanical handling plant and labour-saving appliances.
Successor Spencer (Melksham) Ltd
Note:
- A double-acting single cylinder vertical blower, by Spencer & Co is retained on a plinth at the east end of Millwall Outer Dock in the Isle of Dogs. This unit, possibly originally belt driven, is retained as a reminder of the grain silos which once lined this dock.
See Also
- 1890 Mathews Directory of Bristol
- 1906 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
- 1908 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
- 1908 Stock Exchange Year-Book: Miscellaneous Companies: S
- 1914 Whitakers Red Book: C
- 1914 Whitakers Red Book: E
- 1914 Whitakers Red Book: G
- 1914 Whitakers Red Book: M
- 1914 Who's Who in Business: Company S
- 1922 Who's Who In Engineering: Company S
- 1926 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
- Engineering 1907 Jul-Dec: Index: Addresses of Advertisers
- Middlesbrough Dock
- Spencer (Melksham)
- Spencer and Gillett
- Stanley William Porter
- The Engineer 1885/07/10
- The Engineer 1901/08/09
- The Engineer 1906/12/21
- The Engineer 1909/09/17
- The Engineer 1913/09/19
- The Engineer 1913/09/26
- The Engineer 1914/05/15
- The Engineer 1916/10/13
- The Engineer 1922/06/02
- Thomas Roberts Murray
- William Littlejohn Philip
- Woodhouse Samuel Edwards
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book