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[[Image:1892 Leicester i0017.png|thumb|1892]] | [[Image:1892 Leicester i0017.png|thumb|1892]] | ||
of Leicester | of Vulcan Works, Vulcan Street, Leicester | ||
* 1842 Company founded. | * 1842 Company founded. | ||
* 1880 Single-Cylinder Rotative beam Engine for South Staffordshire Waterworks (Hopwas Station) | * 1880 Single-Cylinder Rotative beam Engine for South Staffordshire Waterworks (Hopwas Station). | ||
* 1885 Four engines for Burton-on-Trent Council (Clay Mills Station) | * 1885 Four engines for Burton-on-Trent Council (Clay Mills Station). | ||
* 1892 Advert. | * 1892 Advert. <ref>[[Wright's Directory of Leicestershire, 1892]]</ref> | ||
* 1896 Private company. | * 1896 Private company. The company was registered on 4 September, to acquire the business of mechanical engineers of the firm of the same name. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref> | ||
* 1937 General engineers and ironfounders. | * 1937 General engineers and ironfounders. <ref>[[1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries]]</ref> | ||
* 1961 General engineers and ironfounders, producing bottling machinery, conveyors, electric goods and passenger lifts. 450 employees. | * 1961 General engineers and ironfounders, producing bottling machinery, conveyors, electric goods and passenger lifts. 450 employees. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref> | ||
==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
* The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6 | * The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6 | ||
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Revision as of 13:48, 27 September 2008
of Vulcan Works, Vulcan Street, Leicester
- 1842 Company founded.
- 1880 Single-Cylinder Rotative beam Engine for South Staffordshire Waterworks (Hopwas Station).
- 1885 Four engines for Burton-on-Trent Council (Clay Mills Station).
- 1892 Advert. [1]
- 1896 Private company. The company was registered on 4 September, to acquire the business of mechanical engineers of the firm of the same name. [2]
- 1937 General engineers and ironfounders. [3]
- 1961 General engineers and ironfounders, producing bottling machinery, conveyors, electric goods and passenger lifts. 450 employees. [4]
Sources of Information
- The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6
- ↑ Wright's Directory of Leicestershire, 1892
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE