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The "Paragon Engineering Works" of the company was positioned close to both the [[Thomas Haley and Co|Haley]] and Whitley factories, and workers were probably pirated from these firms to staff the new plant.<ref>Early Leather Trades' Engineers of Leeds, Part IV, Farrar, Whitley and Co and Farrar and Young by T. Lyons (Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists & Chemists (SLTC), Vol 73 (1989), pp160-163).</ref> | The "Paragon Engineering Works" of the company was positioned close to both the [[Thomas Haley and Co|Haley]] and Whitley factories, and workers were probably pirated from these firms to staff the new plant.<ref>Early Leather Trades' Engineers of Leeds, Part IV, Farrar, Whitley and Co and Farrar and Young by T. Lyons (Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists & Chemists (SLTC), Vol 73 (1989), pp160-163).</ref> | ||
1903 The first patent taken out by Farra and Young was for a leather stuffing drum with means for supplying hot air and measured quantities of grease.<ref>Farrar and Young. Patent Class 76, 24020, 5 Nov. 1903</ref> | |||
1906 Produced a self-contained endless band splitting machine, disinegrators, Jackson scouring machines and tanning paddles.<ref>Farrar and Young. Leather Trades'Catalogue, 1906</ref> | |||
1908 A patent was granted for a spring loaded roller for shaving machines, which by now, were also included in the machinery range.<ref>Farrar and Young. Patent Class 76, 22597, 24 Oct. 1908.</ref> | |||
1911 William Farrar wrote and published a descriptive booklet in April of this year, giving instructions for erecting and working bandknife leather splitting machines.<ref>13 Leather Trds'Rev., 1911,44,324.</ref> | |||
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Previously Farrar, Whitley and Co.
1899 William Farrar joins Smithson Young to form a new company and after taking temporary premises in Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, Farrar and Young moved to their new purpose-built factory in Elder Road, Bramley in May 1900.[1]
The "Paragon Engineering Works" of the company was positioned close to both the Haley and Whitley factories, and workers were probably pirated from these firms to staff the new plant.[2]
1903 The first patent taken out by Farra and Young was for a leather stuffing drum with means for supplying hot air and measured quantities of grease.[3]
1906 Produced a self-contained endless band splitting machine, disinegrators, Jackson scouring machines and tanning paddles.[4]
1908 A patent was granted for a spring loaded roller for shaving machines, which by now, were also included in the machinery range.[5]
1911 William Farrar wrote and published a descriptive booklet in April of this year, giving instructions for erecting and working bandknife leather splitting machines.[6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 6 Leather Trds' Rev., 1900. 33, 373.
- ↑ Early Leather Trades' Engineers of Leeds, Part IV, Farrar, Whitley and Co and Farrar and Young by T. Lyons (Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists & Chemists (SLTC), Vol 73 (1989), pp160-163).
- ↑ Farrar and Young. Patent Class 76, 24020, 5 Nov. 1903
- ↑ Farrar and Young. Leather Trades'Catalogue, 1906
- ↑ Farrar and Young. Patent Class 76, 22597, 24 Oct. 1908.
- ↑ 13 Leather Trds'Rev., 1911,44,324.