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[[image:JD 2024 07 Poole 3.JPG|thumb|1872 cast iron footbridge by Ransomes & Rapier, Poole High Street, in 2024]] | |||
[[Image:ImRansomes-20241113.jpg|thumb| Situated at Kotri Barrage, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. ]] | |||
[[image:Im1874Brad-Ransomes.jpg|thumb| 1874. ]] | [[image:Im1874Brad-Ransomes.jpg|thumb| 1874. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1876ev22-p029.jpg |thumb| 1876. Locomotives for the First Chinese Railway. ]] | [[image:Im1876ev22-p029.jpg |thumb| 1876. Locomotives for the First Chinese Railway. ]] | ||
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[[Image:Im1895EnV80-p335.jpg|thumb| 1895. ]] | [[Image:Im1895EnV80-p335.jpg|thumb| 1895. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im1897EnV83-p321.jpg|thumb| 1897. ]] | [[Image:Im1897EnV83-p321.jpg|thumb| 1897. ]] | ||
[[image:im20150202RB-RRCrane1.jpg |thumb| 1908. electric 4w, 4 ton crane in daily use at Points and Crossings Workshop, Dematagoda, Sri Lanka Railways. ]] | [[image:im20150202RB-RRCrane1.jpg |thumb| 1908. electric 4w, 4 ton crane in daily use at Points and Crossings Workshop, Dematagoda, Sri Lanka Railways. ]] | ||
[[image:im20150202RB-RRCrane2.jpg |thumb| 1908. electric 4w, 4 ton crane in daily use at Points and Crossings Workshop, Dematagoda, Sri Lanka Railways.]] | [[image:im20150202RB-RRCrane2.jpg |thumb| 1908. electric 4w, 4 ton crane in daily use at Points and Crossings Workshop, Dematagoda, Sri Lanka Railways.]] | ||
[[image:im20150202RB-RRCrane3.jpg |thumb| 1908. electric 4w, 4 ton crane in daily use at Points and Crossings Workshop, Dematagoda, Sri Lanka Railways.]] | [[image:im20150202RB-RRCrane3.jpg |thumb| 1908. electric 4w, 4 ton crane in daily use at Points and Crossings Workshop, Dematagoda, Sri Lanka Railways.]] | ||
[[Image:Im1909V107-p118cRansomesRap.jpg|thumb| 1909. 30 ton breakdown crane.]] | [[Image:Im1909V107-p118cRansomesRap.jpg|thumb| 1909. 30 ton breakdown crane.]] | ||
[[Image:Im1910EnV110-p602.jpg|thumb| 1910. ]] | [[Image:Im1910EnV110-p602.jpg|thumb| 1910. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im191102Cass-Ran.jpg|thumb| February 1911. Cranes. ]] | [[Image:Im191102Cass-Ran.jpg|thumb| February 1911. Cranes. ]] | ||
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[[image:Im20100803Chat-Ransomes1918.jpg|thumb| 1918. Winch. Exhibit at the [[Chatham Dockyard]]. ]] | [[image:Im20100803Chat-Ransomes1918.jpg|thumb| 1918. Winch. Exhibit at the [[Chatham Dockyard]]. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im201403QM-RansomesRapier.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at [[Queensland Maritime Museum]]. ]] | [[Image:Im201403QM-RansomesRapier.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at [[Queensland Maritime Museum]]. ]] | ||
[[image:Im19191101IM-RansomesRapier.jpg |thumb| Nov 1919. ]] | |||
[[image:Im1921EnV131-p448ac.jpg|thumb| 1921.]] | [[image:Ransomes and Rapier 1920TC.jpg|thumb| 1920. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im1921Eng-Ransomes.jpg|thumb| 1921. ]] | |||
[[image:Im1921EnV131-p448ac.jpg|thumb| 1921. ]] | |||
[[image:Ransomes and Rapier 1921EB.jpg|thumb| 1921. ]] | |||
[[image:Im19231115PE-Ransomes.jpg|thumb| November 1923. ]] | [[image:Im19231115PE-Ransomes.jpg|thumb| November 1923. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1924EnV138-p094.jpg|thumb| 1924.]] | [[image:Im1924EnV138-p094.jpg|thumb| 1924.]] | ||
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[[image:Im1928v145-p272.jpg|thumb| 1928. One cubic yard steam navvy.]] | [[image:Im1928v145-p272.jpg|thumb| 1928. One cubic yard steam navvy.]] | ||
[[Image:Im1929v148-p550b.jpg|thumb| 1929. '''7.T''' Tilting Drum Concrete Mixer.]] | [[Image:Im1929v148-p550b.jpg|thumb| 1929. '''7.T''' Tilting Drum Concrete Mixer.]] | ||
[[Image:Im19291206Eng-Ransomes.jpg|thumb| December 1929. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im19291206Eng-PowerG.jpg|thumb| December 1929. ]] | |||
[[image:Im1931v152-p550a.jpg|thumb| 1931. half cubic yard excavator.]] | |||
[[Image:Im1931v151-p383.jpg |thumb|1931. A New Mobile Crane.]] | [[Image:Im1931v151-p383.jpg |thumb|1931. A New Mobile Crane.]] | ||
[[Image:Im1931v151-p600.jpg |thumb|1931. Large Breakdown Crane. ]] | [[Image:Im1931v151-p600.jpg |thumb|1931. Large Breakdown Crane. ]] | ||
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[[Image:Im1933EnV156-p454b.jpg |thumb|1933. 1 Ton Truck Type Mobile Crane. ]] | [[Image:Im1933EnV156-p454b.jpg |thumb|1933. 1 Ton Truck Type Mobile Crane. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1934EnV158-p032.jpg|thumb| 1934. R. T. 50.]] | [[image:Im1934EnV158-p032.jpg|thumb| 1934. R. T. 50.]] | ||
[[image:Im1935v159-p554ddd.jpg|thumb| 1935.]] | |||
[[image:Im1935v159-p554dc.jpg|thumb| 1935.]] | |||
[[image:Im20100802Did-Ransomes1.jpg|thumb| 1935. Railway turntable. Exhibit at the [[Didcot Railway Centre]]. ]] | [[image:Im20100802Did-Ransomes1.jpg|thumb| 1935. Railway turntable. Exhibit at the [[Didcot Railway Centre]]. ]] | ||
[[image:Im20100802Did-Ransomes2.jpg|thumb| 1935. Railway turntable. Exhibit at the [[Didcot Railway Centre]]. ]] | [[image:Im20100802Did-Ransomes2.jpg|thumb| 1935. Railway turntable. Exhibit at the [[Didcot Railway Centre]]. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im1937Eng-Ransome-2.jpg|thumb| 1937. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im1944EnV177-p090.jpg |thumb|1944. 10 Ton Mobile Crane.]] | [[Image:Im1944EnV177-p090.jpg |thumb|1944. 10 Ton Mobile Crane.]] | ||
[[image:Im1944EnV178-p512.jpg|thumb| 1944. Centurn Crane. ]] | [[image:Im1944EnV178-p512.jpg|thumb| 1944. Centurn Crane. ]] | ||
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[[Image:Im090620SM-Ra-381.jpg|thumb| Rapier's Interlocking Frame. Exhibit at the [[Stephenson Railway Museum]]. ]] | [[Image:Im090620SM-Ra-381.jpg|thumb| Rapier's Interlocking Frame. Exhibit at the [[Stephenson Railway Museum]]. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1955EnV199-p103.jpg |thumb| 1955. ]] | [[image:Im1955EnV199-p103.jpg |thumb| 1955. ]] | ||
[[image:Im20170322RB-RansomesRap.jpg |thumb| 1955. Lloyd Barrage.<ref>Oxford Junior Encyclopaedia. Volume VIII. Engineering. Oxford University Press, 1955.</ref>]] | |||
[[image:Im1956v202-p274.jpg|thumb| 1956. ]] | [[image:Im1956v202-p274.jpg|thumb| 1956. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1956EnVCen-p261b.jpg |thumb| 1956. Walking dragline, with a capacity of 20 cu. yd. at | [[image:Im1956EnVCen-p261b.jpg |thumb| 1956. Walking dragline, with a capacity of 20 cu. yd. at | ||
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[[Image:Im1950SEBSEC-RR.jpg|thumb| 1950. Inspection loco.]] | [[Image:Im1950SEBSEC-RR.jpg|thumb| 1950. Inspection loco.]] | ||
[[Image:Im1950SEBSEC-RR1.jpg|thumb| 1950. Large portal crane.]] | [[Image:Im1950SEBSEC-RR1.jpg|thumb| 1950. Large portal crane.]] | ||
[[image:Im1961EnV211-p993c.jpg |thumb| 1961. Truck mixer.]] | |||
[[image:Im1961EnV211-p992b.jpg |thumb| 1961. Rapier 1520 mobile crane.]] | |||
'''Waterside Works, Ipswich, and 32 Victoria St, London''' | '''Waterside Works, Ipswich, and 32 Victoria St, London''' | ||
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Engineers and makers of machinery for railways and all kinds of public works. | Engineers and makers of machinery for railways and all kinds of public works. | ||
1869 Formed as branch of [[Ransomes, Sims and Head]] to concentrate on the railway side of the business and other heavy works. Four engineers, J. A. Ransome, R. J. Ransome, R. C. Rapier and A. A. Bennett, left the company by agreement to establish the new company on a site on the River Orwell. The original partners were [[James Allen Ransome|Allen Ransome]], his son [[Robert James Ransome]] and [[Richard Christopher Rapier]]. Chairs, points and rails were made. They also built steam and breakdown cranes; portable and stationary engines. | 1869 Formed as branch of [[Ransomes, Sims and Head]] to concentrate on the railway side of the business and other heavy works. Four engineers, J. A. Ransome, R. J. Ransome, [[Richard Christopher Rapier|R. C. Rapier]] and A. A. Bennett, left the company by agreement to establish the new company on a site on the River Orwell. The original partners were [[James Allen Ransome|Allen Ransome]], his son [[Robert James Ransome]] and [[Richard Christopher Rapier]]. Chairs, points and rails were made. They also built steam and breakdown cranes; portable and stationary engines. | ||
1875 [[James Allen Ransome]] died. | 1875 [[James Allen Ransome]] died. | ||
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After 1880 acquired the patent rights to sluices invented by [[Francis Goold Morony Stoney]] in 1874, and thus became concerned with hydraulic engineering and water management projects. | After 1880 acquired the patent rights to sluices invented by [[Francis Goold Morony Stoney]] in 1874, and thus became concerned with hydraulic engineering and water management projects. | ||
Stoney's patent sluices were erected on the [[Manchester Ship Canal]]; [[Wilfrid Stokes]] improved their design, notably by protecting the rollers from scour when the sluice was open, and by making them completely watertight, and by preventing vibration of the rollers. These sluices were subsequently used for the Aswan Dam on the Nile and for the Sennar Dam on the Blue Nile. | |||
1887 [[Francis Goold Morony Stoney|Stoney]] joined the company as a manager | 1887 [[Francis Goold Morony Stoney|Stoney]] joined the company as a manager | ||
1887 All-Round Titan Railway Crane. Brief description and engraving in [[Engineering 1887/09/16]]. | |||
1890 All-round Titan crane: Illustrations and article in 'The Engineer'. <ref>[[The Engineer]] of 6th June 1890. p460 & p464</ref> | |||
1895 Description of sluices and bridge over the River Clyde, constructed for Glasgow Corporation <ref>[[The Engineer 1895/10/04]]</ref> | |||
1896 Became a public limited company. The company was registered on 17 April, to acquire the business of engineers of the firm of the same name. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref> | 1896 Became a public limited company. The company was registered on 17 April, to acquire the business of engineers of the firm of the same name. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref> | ||
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1937 Engineers and ironfounders. <ref>[[1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries]]</ref> | 1937 Engineers and ironfounders. <ref>[[1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries]]</ref> | ||
1939 See [[1939 Suppliers to the Aircraft Industry| Aircraft Industry Suppliers]] | 1939 See [[1939 Suppliers to the Aircraft Industry| Aircraft Industry Suppliers]]. | ||
1948 See [[Ransomes and Rapier: Railway Plant Brochure]]. | |||
1958 [[Newton, Chambers and Co]] acquired [[Ransomes and Rapier]]; purchased by exchange of shares<ref>The Times, 6 March 1958</ref>. | 1958 [[Newton, Chambers and Co]] acquired [[Ransomes and Rapier]]; purchased by exchange of shares<ref>The Times, 6 March 1958</ref>. | ||
1958 The NCK excavator division was formed under the [[ | 1958 The NCK excavator division was formed under the [[NCK-Rapier]] brand.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCK Wikipedia]</ref> | ||
1960 Advert for Walking Draglines for mining. <ref>Mining Year Book 1960. Published by Walter E. Skinner. Advert p647</ref> | 1960 Advert for Walking Draglines for mining. <ref>Mining Year Book 1960. Published by Walter E. Skinner. Advert p647</ref> | ||
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1965 Ceased making walking drag lines because of the rise of oil and reduction in use of coal<ref>The Times, 3 February 1976</ref> | 1965 Ceased making walking drag lines because of the rise of oil and reduction in use of coal<ref>The Times, 3 February 1976</ref> | ||
1972 [[Newton, Chambers and Co]] planned to close '''Ransome and Rapiers''' and move the business to Thorncliffe but the group was taken over by industrial holding company | 1972 [[Newton, Chambers and Co]] planned to close '''Ransome and Rapiers''' and move the business to Thorncliffe but the group was taken over by industrial holding company [[Central and Sheerwood]] who kept Ipswich open<ref>The Times, 2 November 1977</ref>. | ||
1976 Ransomes returned to making walking drag lines in view of the increased use of coal<ref>The Times, 3 February 1976</ref> | 1976 Ransomes returned to making walking drag lines in view of the increased use of coal<ref>The Times, 3 February 1976</ref> | ||
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1988 [[Bucyrus-Erie]] acquired the dragline assets of [[Ransomes and Rapier]] Ltd. | 1988 [[Bucyrus-Erie]] acquired the dragline assets of [[Ransomes and Rapier]] Ltd. | ||
== Notes == | |||
Descriptions and illustrations of many Ransomes and Rapier railway breakdown cranes may be found in 'Railway Breakdown Cranes' by Peter Tatlow. | |||
In addition to Peter Tatlow's book Volume 1 there is also - Volume 2 Published January 1st 2013 by Noodle Books ISBN 1906419973 (ISBN13: 9781906419974) - (Shortly to be published Volume 3 which will be on Railway Steam Cranes as apposed to Breakdown Cranes.)<ref>Feb 2018</ref> | |||
Also:- | |||
Railway Steam Cranes - Brownlie John S. ISBN 10: 0950296503 / ISBN 13: 9780950296500 Published privately by John S. Brownlie, Glasgow, 1973 | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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[[Category: Steam Locomotives]] | [[Category: Steam Locomotives]] | ||
[[Category: Railway Equipment]] | [[Category: Railway Equipment]] | ||
[[Category: Construction Equipment]] | |||
[[Category: Iron and Steel]] | [[Category: Iron and Steel]] | ||
[[Category: Iron/Steel Foundry]] | [[Category: Iron/Steel Foundry]] | ||
[[Category: Cranes]] | [[Category: Cranes]] | ||
[[Category: Pumps and Hydraulics]] | [[Category: Pumps and Hydraulics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:19, 23 February 2025
Waterside Works, Ipswich, and 32 Victoria St, London
Engineers and makers of machinery for railways and all kinds of public works.
1869 Formed as branch of Ransomes, Sims and Head to concentrate on the railway side of the business and other heavy works. Four engineers, J. A. Ransome, R. J. Ransome, R. C. Rapier and A. A. Bennett, left the company by agreement to establish the new company on a site on the River Orwell. The original partners were Allen Ransome, his son Robert James Ransome and Richard Christopher Rapier. Chairs, points and rails were made. They also built steam and breakdown cranes; portable and stationary engines.
1875 James Allen Ransome died.
1876 Three small locomotives made and exported to China.
After 1880 acquired the patent rights to sluices invented by Francis Goold Morony Stoney in 1874, and thus became concerned with hydraulic engineering and water management projects.
Stoney's patent sluices were erected on the Manchester Ship Canal; Wilfrid Stokes improved their design, notably by protecting the rollers from scour when the sluice was open, and by making them completely watertight, and by preventing vibration of the rollers. These sluices were subsequently used for the Aswan Dam on the Nile and for the Sennar Dam on the Blue Nile.
1887 Stoney joined the company as a manager
1887 All-Round Titan Railway Crane. Brief description and engraving in Engineering 1887/09/16.
1890 All-round Titan crane: Illustrations and article in 'The Engineer'. [2]
1895 Description of sluices and bridge over the River Clyde, constructed for Glasgow Corporation [3]
1896 Became a public limited company. The company was registered on 17 April, to acquire the business of engineers of the firm of the same name. [4]
1897 Wilfrid Stokes appointed MD
1897 Two 30-ton travelling steam cranes for construction of Vera Cruz Harbour [5]
1904 Installed 5 sets of the largest hydraulic buffer stops at Kings Cross station, London, and another 5 sets at the Central Station, Glasgow[6].
1914 Engineers and Ironfounders. Manufacturers of hand, steam, petrol and electric cranes, traversers and turntables, capstans, tanks, water cranes and pumps, bridges, hydraulic buffer stops, castings, contractors' and railway plant, "Stoney" sluices, ice and refrigerating plants, concrete mixers etc. [7]
1937 Engineers and ironfounders. [8]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers.
1948 See Ransomes and Rapier: Railway Plant Brochure.
1958 Newton, Chambers and Co acquired Ransomes and Rapier; purchased by exchange of shares[9].
1958 The NCK excavator division was formed under the NCK-Rapier brand.[10]
1960 Advert for Walking Draglines for mining. [11]
1961 Engineers and ironfounders, specialising in contractors' plant, mobile cranes, excavators, walking draglines, railway plant and equipment, sluice gates and water control machinery. 2,000 employees. [12]
1963 Newton, Chambers and Co sold 40% of Ransomes and Rapier to Koerhing of Milwaukee in a share deal[13].
1965 Ceased making walking drag lines because of the rise of oil and reduction in use of coal[14]
1972 Newton, Chambers and Co planned to close Ransome and Rapiers and move the business to Thorncliffe but the group was taken over by industrial holding company Central and Sheerwood who kept Ipswich open[15].
1976 Ransomes returned to making walking drag lines in view of the increased use of coal[16]
1987 Ransomes and Rapier closed.[17]
1988 Bucyrus-Erie acquired the dragline assets of Ransomes and Rapier Ltd.
Notes
Descriptions and illustrations of many Ransomes and Rapier railway breakdown cranes may be found in 'Railway Breakdown Cranes' by Peter Tatlow.
In addition to Peter Tatlow's book Volume 1 there is also - Volume 2 Published January 1st 2013 by Noodle Books ISBN 1906419973 (ISBN13: 9781906419974) - (Shortly to be published Volume 3 which will be on Railway Steam Cranes as apposed to Breakdown Cranes.)[18]
Also:- Railway Steam Cranes - Brownlie John S. ISBN 10: 0950296503 / ISBN 13: 9780950296500 Published privately by John S. Brownlie, Glasgow, 1973
See Also
- 1874 London: Engineers - Mechanical
- 1874 London: Iron Bridge Builders
- 1874 London: Iron Girder Manufacturers
- 1908 Stock Exchange Year-Book: Miscellaneous Companies: R
- 1913 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
- 1914 Whitakers Red Book: C
- 1914 Whitakers Red Book: E
- 1914 Whitakers Red Book: I
- 1914 Whitakers Red Book: R
- 1914 Who's Who in Business: Company R
- 1922 Who's Who In Engineering: Company R
- 1923 Shipping, Engineering and Machinery Exhibition
- 1924 British Empire Exhibition
- 1926 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
- 1930 Industrial Britain: Ransomes and Rapier
- 1931 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- 1939 Suppliers to the Aircraft Industry
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- Albert Ernest Newby
- Andrew Brodie Henderson
- Archibald John Campbell Ross
- Aswan Low Dam
- Bucyrus-Erie
- Central and Sheerwood
- Charles Frederick Smith
- Charles Robertson
- Edward Duncan Stoney
- Edward Henry Tabor
- Edward Langlois Montagnon
- Empire Roller Bearings Co
- Engineering 1887 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index
- Engineering 1899 Jul-Dec: Index: Illustrations
- Engineering 1900 Jul-Dec: Index: Addresses of Advertisers
- Engineering 1905 Jan-Jun: Index: Directory of Advertisers
- Engineering 1907 Jul-Dec: Index: Addresses of Advertisers
- Engineering 1914 Jan-Jun: Index: Addresses of Advertisers
- Engineering 1924 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
- Engineering 1928 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index
- Engineering 1931 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index
- Engineering 1935 Jan-Jun: Index: General
- Engineering 1938 Jul-Dec: Index: General
- Engineering 1938 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
- Engineering 1939 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
- Engineering 1945 Jan-Jun: Index: General
- Engineering 1945 Jul-Dec: Index: General
- Engineering 1945 Jul-Dec: Index: Literature
- Engineering 1947 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
- Engineering 1948 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
- Engineering 1950 Jan-Jun: Index: Literature
- Engineering 1957 Jan-Jun: Index
- Engineering 1957 Jul-Dec: Index
- Engineering 1967 Jul-Dec: Index
- Francis Goold Morony Stoney
- George Edward Moore
- Glasgow Tidal Weir
- Greenwich Power Station
- John Frederick Wolff
- John Stewart Glen Primrose
- Marion Steam Shovel Co
- Museum of the Great Western Railway
- NCK
- NCK-Rapier
- Newton, Chambers and Co
- Norman Alexander Gavin
- Philip Denis Ionides
- Philip Norman Sharp
- Ransome-ver-Mehr Machinery Co
- Ransome Genealogy
- Ransomes, Head and Jefferies
- Ransomes, Sims and Head
- Ransomes and Rapier: Railway Plant Brochure
- Richard Christopher Rapier
- Richard Rapier Stokes
- Richmond Lock and Footbridge
- Robert Battiscombe Askquith Ellis
- Robert Harry Unsworth
- Robert James Ransome
- Roger Thornycroft
- Steam-Engine Builders of Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire
- The Basic Industries of Great Britain by Aberconway: Chapter V
- The Engineer 1881/01/07
- The Engineer 1881/08/12
- The Engineer 1881/12/30
- The Engineer 1885/11/13
- The Engineer 1890/06/06
- The Engineer 1891/01/09
- The Engineer 1891/08/14
- The Engineer 1892/09/23
- The Engineer 1893/07/14
- The Engineer 1893/12/22
- The Engineer 1894/05/25
- The Engineer 1895/09/13
- The Engineer 1895/09/20
- The Engineer 1895/10/04
- The Engineer 1895/11/01
- The Engineer 1897/03/26
- The Engineer 1898/03/18
- The Engineer 1898/10/14
- The Engineer 1899/05/05
- The Engineer 1901/10/11
- The Engineer 1902/07/25
- The Engineer 1902/12/19
- The Engineer 1903/10/30
- The Engineer 1909/01/29
- The Engineer 1910/12/02
- The Engineer 1910/12/23
- The Engineer 1910 Jul-Dec: Index: Miscellaneous
- The Engineer 1911/06/16
- The Engineer 1913/08/15
- The Engineer 1914/12/18
- The Engineer 1923/10/05
- The Engineer 1923/11/23
- The Engineer 1924/04/25
- The Engineer 1924/07/25
- The Engineer 1925/10/02
- The Engineer 1927 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1928 Jan-Jun: Index
- The Engineer 1929 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1931/04/03
- The Engineer 1931/05/29
- The Engineer 1931 Jan-Jun: Index
- The Engineer 1931 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1932 Jan-Jun: Index
- The Engineer 1932 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1933 Jan-Jun: Index
- The Engineer 1933 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1934 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1935 Jan-Jun: Index
- The Engineer 1935 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1936 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1937 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1938 Jan-Jun: Index
- The Engineer 1939 Jan-Jun: Index
- The Engineer 1939 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1944 Jan-Jun: Index
- The Engineer 1944 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1945 Jan-Jun: Index
- The Engineer 1948 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1949 Jan-Jun: Index
- The Engineer 1950 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1951 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1953 Jan-Jun: Index
- Thomas Forth Rotheram
- Thomas William Lambourn
- Tyler and Ellis
- Wilfrid Stokes
- William Marriott
Sources of Information
- ↑ Oxford Junior Encyclopaedia. Volume VIII. Engineering. Oxford University Press, 1955.
- ↑ The Engineer of 6th June 1890. p460 & p464
- ↑ The Engineer 1895/10/04
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ 'The Engineer' 26th March 1897
- ↑ The Times, 5 July 1904
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times, 6 March 1958
- ↑ Wikipedia
- ↑ Mining Year Book 1960. Published by Walter E. Skinner. Advert p647
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, 15 November 1963
- ↑ The Times, 3 February 1976
- ↑ The Times, 2 November 1977
- ↑ The Times, 3 February 1976
- ↑ Wikipedia
- ↑ Feb 2018
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
- Steam Engine Builders of Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1950 by The Augustine Steward Press