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of of North Hants Iron Works, Basingstoke | of of North Hants Iron Works, Basingstoke | ||
1840 [[Richard Wallis]] established a business as corn, salt and coal merchants at Basingstoke, Hampshire | |||
1856 [[Charles Haslam]] joined the firm when the North Hants Iron Works was opened in Station Hill, Basingstoke. The firm was then making mainly threshing machines. | |||
1856 Company formed by [[Richard Wallis]] and [[Charles Haslam]] | 1856 Company formed by [[Richard Wallis]] and [[Charles Haslam]] | ||
1860 [[Wallis and Haslam]] of North Hants Iron Works won a £20 prize at the RASE Show at Canterbury for 'the best threshing machine to be worked by horsepower' <ref> The Hampshire Advertiser, Saturday, July 14, 1860</ref> | |||
1861 [[Charles Steevens]] joined the firm and the manufacture of steam engines was developed. | |||
c.1863 became [[Wallis and Steevens]] | |||
1867 | 1867 [[Wallis and Haslam]] won a prize for horse-powered threshing machine at the Royal Agricultural Society's meeting<ref>The Times, Jul 18, 1867</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 25 July 2013
of of North Hants Iron Works, Basingstoke
1840 Richard Wallis established a business as corn, salt and coal merchants at Basingstoke, Hampshire
1856 Charles Haslam joined the firm when the North Hants Iron Works was opened in Station Hill, Basingstoke. The firm was then making mainly threshing machines.
1856 Company formed by Richard Wallis and Charles Haslam
1860 Wallis and Haslam of North Hants Iron Works won a £20 prize at the RASE Show at Canterbury for 'the best threshing machine to be worked by horsepower' [1]
1861 Charles Steevens joined the firm and the manufacture of steam engines was developed.
c.1863 became Wallis and Steevens
1867 Wallis and Haslam won a prize for horse-powered threshing machine at the Royal Agricultural Society's meeting[2]