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[[image:Im1909V108-p296c.jpg|thumb| 1909. South leaf showing counter balance over rolling railway bridge, Burma.]] | [[image:Im1909V108-p296c.jpg|thumb| 1909. South leaf showing counter balance over rolling railway bridge, Burma.]] | ||
[[image:Im1909V108-p296d.jpg|thumb| 1909. Bridge nearing completion.]] | [[image:Im1909V108-p296d.jpg|thumb| 1909. Bridge nearing completion.]] | ||
[[Image:Im191102Cass-Sencer.jpg|thumb| February 1911. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im1913Eing-Middlesbrough.jpg|thumb| 1913. Belt conveyor for shipping coals. ]] | [[Image:Im1913Eing-Middlesbrough.jpg|thumb| 1913. Belt conveyor for shipping coals. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im100315-Spencer1.jpg|thumb| Seen in Barbados. ]] | [[Image:Im100315-Spencer1.jpg|thumb| Seen in Barbados. ]] | ||
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of Beanacre Road, Melksham, Wilts.
Presumably connected with Spencer and Gillett
1877 Gillett's Patent Steam Donkey Pump[1]
1885 Spencer and Co installed an engine at John Taylor's mill in Melksham[2]
1894 The company was registered on 23 August, to acquire a business of engineers. [3]
c.1900 New factory opened in Melksham
1914 Engineers and contractors. specialities: grain handling machinery, silos etc., coal and ash plants, ore conveyors etc. Employees 750. [4]
1930 Manufacturer of elevating and conveying plant for grain, coal, ore, cement and other materials, and mechanical handling plant and labour-saving appliances.
A double-acting single cylinder vertical blower, by Spencer & Co is retained on a plinth at the east end of Millwall Outer Dock in the Isle of Dogs. This unit, possibly originally belt driven, is retained as a reminder of the grain silos which once lined this dock.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer
- ↑ The Engineer
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book