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1863 Firm was established by [[Benjamin Wright (Leeds)|Benjamin Wright]], in north Leeds, located near the tanning districts of Buslingthorpe and Meanwood. Benjamin was the son of a cloth dresser and only 19 when he set up the millwrights business with his younger brother David.<ref>Early Leather Trades' Engineers of Leeds, Part II. B. and D. Wright and Sons by T. Lyons ''(Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists & Chemists (SLTC), Vol 73 (1989), pp70-73)''.</ref> | 1863 Firm was established by [[Benjamin Wright (Leeds)|Benjamin Wright]], in north Leeds, located near the tanning districts of Buslingthorpe and Meanwood. Benjamin was the son of a cloth dresser and only 19 when he set up the millwrights business with his younger brother David.<ref>Early Leather Trades' Engineers of Leeds, Part II. B. and D. Wright and Sons by T. Lyons ''(Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists & Chemists (SLTC), Vol 73 (1989), pp70-73)''.</ref> | ||
The firm named B. & D. Wright was one of the four major manufacturers in Leeds contributing production machinery for the leather trade. Old established leather firms including [[Wilson, Walker and Co]]., [[J. J. Flitch]], [[J. S. Stocks]] and [[W. L. Jackson and Sons|W. L. Jackson]] were all situated very close to the premises of B. & D. Wright.<ref>Early Leather Trades' Engineers of Leeds, Part II. B. and D. Wright and Sons by T. Lyons ''(Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists & Chemists (SLTC), Vol 73 (1989), pp70-73)''.</ref> | The firm named B. & D. Wright was one of the four major manufacturers in Leeds contributing production machinery for the leather trade. Old established leather firms including [[Wilson, Walker and Co]]., [[J. and J. Flitch and Son|J. J. Flitch]], [[J. S. Stocks]] and [[W. L. Jackson and Sons|W. L. Jackson]] were all situated very close to the premises of B. & D. Wright.<ref>Early Leather Trades' Engineers of Leeds, Part II. B. and D. Wright and Sons by T. Lyons ''(Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists & Chemists (SLTC), Vol 73 (1989), pp70-73)''.</ref> | ||
1880 Wright's first patent was for a pair of self-contained pendulous stocks with spring loaded connecting rods.<ref>Wright, Patent Class 76, 1784, 1 May 1880.</ref> | 1880 Wright's first patent was for a pair of self-contained pendulous stocks with spring loaded connecting rods.<ref>Wright, Patent Class 76, 1784, 1 May 1880.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:46, 21 October 2016
1863 Firm was established by Benjamin Wright, in north Leeds, located near the tanning districts of Buslingthorpe and Meanwood. Benjamin was the son of a cloth dresser and only 19 when he set up the millwrights business with his younger brother David.[1]
The firm named B. & D. Wright was one of the four major manufacturers in Leeds contributing production machinery for the leather trade. Old established leather firms including Wilson, Walker and Co., J. J. Flitch, J. S. Stocks and W. L. Jackson were all situated very close to the premises of B. & D. Wright.[2]
1880 Wright's first patent was for a pair of self-contained pendulous stocks with spring loaded connecting rods.[3]
1881 Business offered a glazing wheel, embossing, fluffing, rolling and "Burdon" scouring machines.
During the early 1880s the business moved from the first premises into the "Oxford Works"[4]. This was a building located further along Meanwood Road and formerly used for leather manufacture by the currier Francis Simpson.
1888 Huxham and Browns of Exeter took out High Court action against B. and D. Wright in November with intention to restrain them from publishing, printing or circulating any catalogue, book or trade circular containing any illustrations copied from copyrighted drawings contained in Huxham and Browns catalogue.[5]
1890's B. and D. Wright were offering "Union" splitting machines, setting and scouring machines in several designs, "Grasshopper" glazing machines and brushing machines all marketed under the trade name "Excel"[6]
1897 "The introduction of a machine for extracting water from hides or skins patented by Wrights in 1897, was the first machine of its type to be produced in Leeds."[7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Early Leather Trades' Engineers of Leeds, Part II. B. and D. Wright and Sons by T. Lyons (Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists & Chemists (SLTC), Vol 73 (1989), pp70-73).
- ↑ Early Leather Trades' Engineers of Leeds, Part II. B. and D. Wright and Sons by T. Lyons (Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists & Chemists (SLTC), Vol 73 (1989), pp70-73).
- ↑ Wright, Patent Class 76, 1784, 1 May 1880.
- ↑ Leather Trades' Circ. and Review, 1883, 16, 12
- ↑ Leather Trades' Circ. and Review, 1889, 22, 396.
- ↑ Early Leather Trades' Engineers of Leeds, Part II. B. and D. Wright and Sons by T. Lyons (Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists & Chemists (SLTC), Vol 73 (1989), pp70-73).
- ↑ Wright, Patent Class 76, 17447, 24 July 1897