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Revision as of 19:37, 2 September 2017
of Beanacre Road, Melksham, Wilts.
Presumably connected with Spencer and Gillett
1877 Gillett's Patent Steam Donkey Pump[1]
1885 Spencer and Co installed an engine at John Taylor's mill in Melksham[2]
1894 The company was registered on 23 August, to acquire a business of engineers. [3]
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. [4]
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
- NB
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
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer
- ↑ The Engineer
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book