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of Greyfriars Road and Rapier Street, Ipswich | of Greyfriars Road and Rapier Street, Ipswich | ||
* 1879 | * 1879 Company founded. | ||
* | * 1879 J. S. Cocksedge left the firm of [[Woods and Co|Woods, Cocksedge and Co]] and set up the company. | ||
* | * 1886 Moved to new premises. | ||
* | * J. W. A. Cocksedge his son who had worked for two engineering companies in London joined the company. | ||
* | * 1887 J. S. Cocksedge died. | ||
* | * 1900 new premises in rapier Street. | ||
* The company was the maker of the Gerald Gray Patent Self-Slewing Crane and this utilised two small steam engines | * 1925 The company took limited status. | ||
* The company was the maker of the Gerald Gray Patent Self-Slewing Crane and this utilised two small steam engines. | |||
* 1961 Constructional and general engineers and iron founders; specialists in manufacture of sugar machinery. 600 employees. | |||
==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
* Steam Engine Builders of Norfolk by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1948 by The Augustine Steward Press | * Steam Engine Builders of Norfolk by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1948 by The Augustine Steward Press | ||
* [[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]] | |||
Revision as of 14:22, 28 March 2008
of Greyfriars Road and Rapier Street, Ipswich
- 1879 Company founded.
- 1879 J. S. Cocksedge left the firm of Woods, Cocksedge and Co and set up the company.
- 1886 Moved to new premises.
- J. W. A. Cocksedge his son who had worked for two engineering companies in London joined the company.
- 1887 J. S. Cocksedge died.
- 1900 new premises in rapier Street.
- 1925 The company took limited status.
- The company was the maker of the Gerald Gray Patent Self-Slewing Crane and this utilised two small steam engines.
- 1961 Constructional and general engineers and iron founders; specialists in manufacture of sugar machinery. 600 employees.
Sources of Information
- Steam Engine Builders of Norfolk by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1948 by The Augustine Steward Press
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE