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of Ealing Works, Sheffield | of Ealing Works, Sheffield. | ||
Forgemasters and manufacturers of micrometers. | |||
1869 Company founded by [[Ambrose Shardlow]] as a general engineer and machinist at Bridge Street, Attercliffe, Sheffield | 1869 Company founded by [[Ambrose Shardlow]] as a general engineer and machinist at Bridge Street, Attercliffe, Sheffield | ||
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1940 Employed 450 persons producing 200,000 crankshafts annually. | 1940 Employed 450 persons producing 200,000 crankshafts annually. | ||
1961 Engineers and drop stampers and manufacturers of | 1961 Engineers and drop stampers and manufacturers of crankshafts and micrometers. 1,800 employees. <ref> [[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref> | ||
1963 Taken over by [[GKN]] | 1963 Taken over by [[GKN]]. | ||
See [[Shardlow Micrometers]] | See [[Shardlow Micrometers]] | ||
Revision as of 14:03, 10 April 2018
of Ealing Works, Sheffield.
Forgemasters and manufacturers of micrometers.
1869 Company founded by Ambrose Shardlow as a general engineer and machinist at Bridge Street, Attercliffe, Sheffield
1900 Specialising in crank-shafts
1907 Making pneumatic hammers (see illustration)
1911 30 bhp gas engine. [1]
1940 Employed 450 persons producing 200,000 crankshafts annually.
1961 Engineers and drop stampers and manufacturers of crankshafts and micrometers. 1,800 employees. [2]
1963 Taken over by GKN.
Ambrose Shardlow by David Price
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 8th December 1911 p596
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE