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[[Image:JD_Sparrow01.jpg|thumb|Belt-driven pump at [[Sherborne Steam and Waterwheel Centre]]]] | [[Image:JD_Sparrow01.jpg|thumb|Belt-driven pump at [[Sherborne Steam and Waterwheel Centre]]]] | ||
[[Image:JD_Sparrow02.jpg|thumb|Belt-driven pump at [[Sherborne Steam and Waterwheel Centre]]]] | [[Image:JD_Sparrow02.jpg|thumb|Belt-driven pump at [[Sherborne Steam and Waterwheel Centre]]]] | ||
[[Image:JD_Sparrows01.jpg |thumb|Gates at the former works in Bower Hinton]] | |||
[[Image:JD_Sparrows02.jpg |thumb|Detail of works gatepost]] | |||
[[Image:JD_Sparrows04.jpg |thumb|One of the old works buildings]] | |||
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Wm Sparrow Ltd of Somerset Wheel and Wagon Works, Bower Hinton, Martock, Somerset | Wm Sparrow Ltd of Somerset Wheel and Wagon Works, Bower Hinton, Martock, Somerset | ||
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1910? Advertising as Engineers, makers of boilers (Lancashire, Cornish, vertical), steam, oil & gas engines, brass and iron founders, makers of agricultural implements, millwrights, makers of wood and iron wheels, carts and wagons | 1910? Advertising as Engineers, makers of boilers (Lancashire, Cornish, vertical), steam, oil & gas engines, brass and iron founders, makers of agricultural implements, millwrights, makers of wood and iron wheels, carts and wagons | ||
A short history of the company has been written (extract available online <ref>Online extract from 'The Somerset Wheel and Wagon Works' by D Easton [www.holwaybooks.co.uk/sparpages. | A short history of the company has been written (extract available online <ref>Online extract from 'The Somerset Wheel and Wagon Works' by D Easton [http://www.holwaybooks.co.uk/sparpages.pdf]</ref>) | ||
The company still exists, as agricultural machinery dealers, at Bower Hinton. Some of the original buildings have survived, with various occupiers. | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Latest revision as of 21:34, 13 July 2014
Wm Sparrow Ltd of Somerset Wheel and Wagon Works, Bower Hinton, Martock, Somerset
1873 Machinists, brass and iron founders, millwrights, wheelwrights, boilermakers, agricultural implement makers
1910? Advertising as Engineers, makers of boilers (Lancashire, Cornish, vertical), steam, oil & gas engines, brass and iron founders, makers of agricultural implements, millwrights, makers of wood and iron wheels, carts and wagons
A short history of the company has been written (extract available online [1])
The company still exists, as agricultural machinery dealers, at Bower Hinton. Some of the original buildings have survived, with various occupiers.
See Also
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