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[[Image:Im100316-Fletch10.jpg|thumb| Seen in Barbados. ]] | [[Image:Im100316-Fletch10.jpg|thumb| Seen in Barbados. ]] | ||
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[[Image: GFletcher02.jpg|thumb|c.1850 Grasshopper engine at [[The Silk Mill]]]] | |||
[[Image: GFletcher01.jpg|thumb|c.1880 George Fletcher steam pump at [[The Silk Mill]]]] | |||
of Derby and 21 Mincing Lane, London EC | of Derby and 21 Mincing Lane, London EC | ||
* 1838 Company founded. | * 1838 Company founded. | ||
* c.1850 Grasshopper engine at [[The Silk Mill]] (Derby’s Industrial Museum). Originally at George Fletcher’s workshop in London, then moved to his Masson Works in Litchurch Lane, Derby in 1863, where it worked until 1911. | |||
* 1905 Sugar cane processing machinery for Demerara.<ref>[[The Engineer]] of 12th January 1906</ref> | * 1905 Sugar cane processing machinery for Demerara.<ref>[[The Engineer]] of 12th January 1906</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:59, 12 October 2010
of Derby and 21 Mincing Lane, London EC
- 1838 Company founded.
- c.1850 Grasshopper engine at The Silk Mill (Derby’s Industrial Museum). Originally at George Fletcher’s workshop in London, then moved to his Masson Works in Litchurch Lane, Derby in 1863, where it worked until 1911.
- 1905 Sugar cane processing machinery for Demerara.[1]
- 1909 Private company.
- 1914 Engineers, Ironfounders, Millwrights, Boilermakers,Manufacturers of all kinds of Machinery for Sugar Factories and Refineries, Distilleries, Collieries and Mines, Breweries. [2]
- 1920 Filter machinery to remove Paraffin Wax from Petroleum. They are the designers of this equipment. [3]
- 1961 Engineers and iron founders, specialising in sugar machinery and colliery plant. 450 employees. [4]
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 12th January 1906
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Engineer of 30th Jan 1920 p121
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE