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1870 Vertical engines and boilers <ref>‘Stationary Steam Engine Makers, Volume 2’ compiled by George Watkins, Catalogued by A P Woolrich, Landmark Publishing Co., 2006</ref> | 1870 Vertical engines and boilers <ref>‘Stationary Steam Engine Makers, Volume 2’ compiled by George Watkins, Catalogued by A P Woolrich, Landmark Publishing Co., 2006</ref> | ||
1873 Mr. E. L. Morris, from the firm of [[Ravenhill, Hodgson and Co]], became a partner, and the name was altered to [[Woods and Cocksedge| Woods, Cocksedge, and Co.]] <ref> The Ipswich Journal - Saturday 13 September 1873 </ref> | 1873 Mr. [[Edmund Legh Morris|E. L. Morris]], from the firm of [[Ravenhill, Hodgson and Co]], became a partner, and the name was altered to [[Woods and Cocksedge| Woods, Cocksedge, and Co.]] <ref> The Ipswich Journal - Saturday 13 September 1873 </ref> | ||
1877 [[James Woods]] died. | 1877 [[James Woods]] died. | ||
Revision as of 17:52, 8 November 2019
of Suffolk Ironworks, Stowmarket
1812 Established as a smithy by the proprietor James Woods
At a later stage Woods was joined by J. S. Cocksedge.
1862 Woods and Cocksedge made their first engine, a vertical single-cylinder engine.
1862 Makers of agricultural machinery (see advert).
1867 Won a prize for horse-powered linseed crushers at the Royal Agricultural Society's meeting[1]
1868 Mr Edward Warner joined Messrs. Woods, Cocksedge, and Co., Agricultural Implement Makers, Stowmarket, which changed its name name to Woods, Cocksedge and Warner
1870 Vertical engines and boilers [2]
1873 Mr. E. L. Morris, from the firm of Ravenhill, Hodgson and Co, became a partner, and the name was altered to Woods, Cocksedge, and Co. [3]
1877 James Woods died.
1879 J. S. Cocksedge left the firm to set up Cocksedge and Co.
1887 Known as Woods and Co.