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[[image:Im1882EnV54-p211c.jpg|thumb| 1882. Pump exhibited at the[[1882 Exhibition of Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture|North East Coast Exhibition.]]]] | [[image:Im1882EnV54-p211c.jpg|thumb| 1882. Pump exhibited at the[[1882 Exhibition of Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture|North East Coast Exhibition.]]]] | ||
[[image:Im1897Ev64-p767.jpg |thumb| 1897. Edwards' Air-Pump at the St. | [[image:Im1897Ev64-p767.jpg |thumb| 1897. Edwards' Air-Pump at the St. Pancras Electric Lighting Station.]] | ||
[[Image:Im189908Cass-Wat4.jpg |thumb| August 1899. ]] | [[Image:Im189908Cass-Wat4.jpg |thumb| August 1899. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im190102Cass-Watso.jpg|thumb| February 1901. ]] | [[Image:Im190102Cass-Watso.jpg|thumb| February 1901. ]] | ||
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[[Image:Im19200127Com-Watson4.jpg|thumb| January 1920.]] | [[Image:Im19200127Com-Watson4.jpg|thumb| January 1920.]] | ||
[[Image:Im19200127Com-Watson.jpg|thumb| January 1920.]] | [[Image:Im19200127Com-Watson.jpg|thumb| January 1920.]] | ||
[[image:im20170607RB-Crossness.jpg |thumb| Engine and pump ( original installation and date unknown ) presently at [[Crossness Pumping Station|Crossness Pumping Station]] and | [[image:im20170607RB-Crossness.jpg |thumb| Engine and pump ( original installation and date unknown ) presently at [[Crossness Pumping Station|Crossness Pumping Station]] and planned to be operational on compressed air in 2017]] | ||
of High Bridge Works, Walkergate, Newcastle-on-Tyne. | of High Bridge Works, Walkergate, Newcastle-on-Tyne. | ||
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c.1896 [[Torben Christian Billetop]] joined the company and subsquently became MD | c.1896 [[Torben Christian Billetop]] joined the company and subsquently became MD | ||
1900 Description and drawings of Watson's feed-water filters<ref>[[Engineering 1900/01/12]]</ref> | |||
1910 Supplied the direct-driven circulating pump for tug boats built by [[Cox and Co]], of Falmouth. <ref>The Engineer 1910/02/25</ref> | 1910 Supplied the direct-driven circulating pump for tug boats built by [[Cox and Co]], of Falmouth. <ref>The Engineer 1910/02/25</ref> | ||
Revision as of 10:45, 7 February 2025
of High Bridge Works, Walkergate, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Engineers, iron and non-ferrous founders.
c.1847 Newcastle Cranage Co commissioned Henry Watson's High Bridge engineering works to construct the hydraulic cranes designed by William Armstrong[1]
By 1862 the range of products included[2]:
- Brass and copper rolls for paper mills.
- Jullion's patent pulp regulating elevator.
- Gun-metal cocks, valves, water and steam gauges, hydraulic rams, etc.
- Large brass castings, brass and copper work for marine, locomotive, and other engines.
- Safety lamps
- Sir William Armstrong's hydro-electric machines, for the production of electricity from steam.
- Frames of brass or wood, with brass mountings, made to order.
c.1896 Torben Christian Billetop joined the company and subsquently became MD
1900 Description and drawings of Watson's feed-water filters[3]
1910 Supplied the direct-driven circulating pump for tug boats built by Cox and Co, of Falmouth. [4]
1912 Ernest Theodore White and Reginald Christie retired from the firm which was continued by the remaining partners Henry Burnett Watson and John Stanley Watson[5]
Post-WWI: Watsons launched a 3.5-4.5 ton bonneted truck with a four-cylinder engine; the engine and the gearbox were mounted in a subframe.
They built the British Berna bus.
1925 The Brass Foundry was able to cast large solid manganese bronze propellers; the Iron Foundry was mainly making cylinders for motors; the Machine Shop made a varied products, including marine auxiliary machinery, such as pumps, condensers, evaporators, heaters and coolers.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris