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[[Image:Boyd01.jpg|thumb| John Boyd crane at the Teifi Valley Railway, Wales ]] | [[Image:Boyd01.jpg|thumb| John Boyd crane at the Teifi Valley Railway, Wales ]] | ||
[[Image:Boyd02.jpg|thumb| John Boyd crane at the Teifi Valley Railway, Wales ]] | [[Image:Boyd02.jpg|thumb| John Boyd crane at the Teifi Valley Railway, Wales ]] | ||
[[Image:Im20100508P-JohnBoyd1.jpg|thumb| Portsmouth Dockyard. ]] | [[Image:Im20100508P-JohnBoyd1.jpg|thumb| Portsmouth Dockyard. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im20100508P-JohnBoyd2.jpg|thumb| Portsmouth Dockyard. ]] | [[Image:Im20100508P-JohnBoyd2.jpg|thumb| Portsmouth Dockyard. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im20100508P-JohnBoyd3.jpg|thumb| Portsmouth Dockyard. ]] | [[Image:Im20100508P-JohnBoyd3.jpg|thumb| Portsmouth Dockyard. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im20100508P-JohnBoyd4.jpg|thumb| Portsmouth Dockyard. ]] | [[Image:Im20100508P-JohnBoyd4.jpg|thumb| Portsmouth Dockyard. ]] | ||
[[image:Im201101NRM-Boyd2.jpg|thumb| Nameplate on railway turntable. ]] | [[image:Im201101NRM-Boyd2.jpg|thumb| Nameplate on railway turntable. ]] | ||
John Boyd & Co (Engineers), makers of dockside cranes, of Annan, Scotland | John Boyd & Co (Engineers), makers of dockside cranes, of Annan, Scotland | ||
1947 Company founded.<ref>C. Capewell</ref> | |||
Manufactured a small number of railway turntables – one survives; in the main roundhouse at National Railway Museum, York. (works plate order reference 52/363; delivered in 1954) - perhaps subcontracted from [[Cowans, Sheldon and Co|Cowans Sheldon]].<ref>C. Capewell</ref> | |||
1966 Acquired by [[Wellman, Smith, Owen Engineering Corporation|Wellman Engineering]]<ref>The Times, 26 September 1966</ref>. | 1966 Acquired by [[Wellman, Smith, Owen Engineering Corporation|Wellman Engineering]]<ref>The Times, 26 September 1966</ref>. | ||
1969 [[Clarke, Chapman and Co]] took over the 3 heavy-crane making companies of [[Wellman, Smith, Owen Engineering Corporation|Wellman Engineering Corporation]] with backing from the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation<ref>The Times, 4 March 1969</ref>. | 1969 [[Clarke, Chapman and Co]] took over the 3 heavy-crane making companies of [[Wellman, Smith, Owen Engineering Corporation|Wellman Engineering Corporation]] with backing from the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation<ref>The Times, 4 March 1969</ref>. | ||
In 1969 Clarke Chapman's took over and it was incorporated into the NEI group. Because of the high standard of workmanship,the original name was kept.<ref>C. Capewell</ref> | |||
Later NEI Clarke Chapman Cranes Ltd ? | Later NEI Clarke Chapman Cranes Ltd ? | ||
Clarke Chapman - John Thompson Ltd | Clarke Chapman - John Thompson Ltd | ||
Closed 1986. Work and some workers transferred to Cowans, Sheldon; not that that lasted much longer.<ref>C. Capewell</ref> | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 16:02, 22 February 2018
John Boyd & Co (Engineers), makers of dockside cranes, of Annan, Scotland
1947 Company founded.[1]
Manufactured a small number of railway turntables – one survives; in the main roundhouse at National Railway Museum, York. (works plate order reference 52/363; delivered in 1954) - perhaps subcontracted from Cowans Sheldon.[2]
1966 Acquired by Wellman Engineering[3].
1969 Clarke, Chapman and Co took over the 3 heavy-crane making companies of Wellman Engineering Corporation with backing from the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation[4].
In 1969 Clarke Chapman's took over and it was incorporated into the NEI group. Because of the high standard of workmanship,the original name was kept.[5]
Later NEI Clarke Chapman Cranes Ltd ?
Clarke Chapman - John Thompson Ltd
Closed 1986. Work and some workers transferred to Cowans, Sheldon; not that that lasted much longer.[6]