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The '''Willoughby Bros''' shipbuilding yard was located in Plymouth, Devon. It had a 200 foot berth, an engine works and a foundry. It mainly built tugs, coasters, Saltash ferries and Blackpool excursion steamers. | The '''Willoughby Bros''' shipbuilding yard was located in Plymouth, Devon. It had a 200 foot berth, an engine works and a foundry. It mainly built tugs, coasters, Saltash ferries and Blackpool excursion steamers. | ||
1860 [[William Willoughby|WM. WILLOUGHBY]], Engineer, Iron and Brass Founder, Smith, &c., begs to inform the Public that he has considerably enlarged his Premises, and erected a NASMYTH STEAM HAMMER, and he is now prepared to execute any order which may be entrusted to him with Punctuality and Dispatch. FORGINGS and KNEE MOULDS made for Shipbuilders and Smiths. New and Second-hand STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS always on Sale. Sole Agent for Plymouth and neighbourhood for the sale and fixing of GIFFARD’S PATENT INJECTOR, for feeding Steam Boilers.< | 1860 [[William Willoughby|WM. WILLOUGHBY]], Engineer, Iron and Brass Founder, Smith, &c., begs to inform the Public that he has considerably enlarged his Premises, and erected a NASMYTH STEAM HAMMER, and he is now prepared to execute any order which may be entrusted to him with Punctuality and Dispatch. FORGINGS and KNEE MOULDS made for Shipbuilders and Smiths. New and Second-hand STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS always on Sale. Sole Agent for Plymouth and neighbourhood for the sale and fixing of GIFFARD’S PATENT INJECTOR, for feeding Steam Boilers.<ref>Western Morning News 27 December 1860 p 1</ref> | ||
1869 Advertising Morton's Patent Condenser <ref>Western Morning News - Saturday 26 June 1869</ref> | |||
1897 Novel refuse destructor was invented by S. Willoughby of Chiswick, a partner in the firm; the destructor was installed at Lewisham<ref>[[The Engineer 1897/09/17]]</ref> | 1897 Novel refuse destructor was invented by S. Willoughby of Chiswick, a partner in the firm; the destructor was installed at Lewisham<ref>[[The Engineer 1897/09/17]]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:32, 27 April 2024
of Central Foundry, Plymouth
Formerly Murch and Willoughby
See also Willoughby Brothers: History by R. R. Laws
The Willoughby Bros shipbuilding yard was located in Plymouth, Devon. It had a 200 foot berth, an engine works and a foundry. It mainly built tugs, coasters, Saltash ferries and Blackpool excursion steamers.
1860 WM. WILLOUGHBY, Engineer, Iron and Brass Founder, Smith, &c., begs to inform the Public that he has considerably enlarged his Premises, and erected a NASMYTH STEAM HAMMER, and he is now prepared to execute any order which may be entrusted to him with Punctuality and Dispatch. FORGINGS and KNEE MOULDS made for Shipbuilders and Smiths. New and Second-hand STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS always on Sale. Sole Agent for Plymouth and neighbourhood for the sale and fixing of GIFFARD’S PATENT INJECTOR, for feeding Steam Boilers.[1]
1869 Advertising Morton's Patent Condenser [2]
1897 Novel refuse destructor was invented by S. Willoughby of Chiswick, a partner in the firm; the destructor was installed at Lewisham[3]
It was sold to new owners at the end of the nineteenth century
1925 Messrs Willoughby of Plymouth replaced the gates on the Turf Lock of the Exeter Ship Canal.
1920s Company closed in the 1920s.
1927 Willoughby (Plymouth) Ltd. Ship Repairers, Engineers, Boilermakers, Copper and General Smiths, Iron and Brass Founders, Portable electric welding plant. Works alongside Dry Dock, 454ft.[4]
1958 Merged with Bickle Engineering Co
1971 Willoughby (Plymouth) was still in business.
See Also
- 1866 Post Office Directory of Devonshire
- 1870 Morris's Directory of Devonshire
- 1883 Kelly's Directory of Devonshire and Cornwall
- 1890 White's Directory of Devonshire
- 1893 Kelly's Directory of Devon and Cornwall
- 1899 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
- 1914 Kelly's Directory of Devon and Cornwall
- 1918 Directory of Manufacturers in Engineering and Allied Trades: Company W
- 1971 Dictionary of Shipowners, Shipbuilders and Marine Engineers
- Agnes Seed
- Bickle Engineering Co
- Christopher Lobb
- Daniel Adolphus Plenger Sanftleben
- Frederick Wilberforce Thompson
- George Webber Bird
- Murch and Willoughby
- Norman Lovell Wright
- The Engineer 1897/09/17
- The Engineer 1923/07/13
- The Engineer 1925/01/16
- William Lindsey-Badcock
- William Willoughby
- Willoughby Brothers: History by R. R. Laws
Sources of Information
- ↑ Western Morning News 27 December 1860 p 1
- ↑ Western Morning News - Saturday 26 June 1869
- ↑ The Engineer 1897/09/17
- ↑ Western Mail 1 July 1927 p 14 last col.
- The National Archives BT 31/4744/31333 (Willoughby Brothers Ltd)
- L. A. Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records (1992)
- British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss