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Latterly they made machine tools under the [[Woodhouse and Mitchell]] and [[Town Woodhouse]] names at Wakefield Road, Brighouse, under the ownership of [[Thomas W. Ward]]. | Latterly they made machine tools under the [[Woodhouse and Mitchell]] and [[Town Woodhouse]] names at Wakefield Road, Brighouse, under the ownership of [[Thomas W. Ward]]. | ||
A short history of the company by Geoff Shackleton was included in an International Station Stationary Steam Engine Society Bulletin in 2017<ref>'Woodhouse and Mitchell, Engineers and Millwright, Clifton Bridge Ironworks, Brighouse, West Yorkshire' by Geoff Shackleton, International Station Stationary Steam Engine Society Bulletin Vol 37, No.4, December 2017</ref>, from which the following information is extracted. | |||
Following the death of Joseph Wood on 7 August 1881, the partnership of Wood, Baldwin and Co was dissolved, and a new company was formed as Woodhouse & Mitchell by [[Richard Woodhouse]] and [[Samuel Mitchell]]. | |||
1883 John Baldwin retired from the business. | |||
1902 the firm became Woodhouse & Mitchell Ltd. | |||
[[Franciscus Gilbertus Schippers]] came to Brighouse from Holland in the 1880s, and stayed with the company for 50 years, becoming Chief Mechanical Engineer in 1910 and joining the partnership. He died on 2 November 1936. He is credited with introducing the uniflow engine to Yorkshire. | |||
The firm also produced milling equipment for flour and oil seed. | |||
Woodhouse & Mitchell had their own type of release gear for the Corliss valves, designed in 1896 by one of their engineers, an American named [[Arthur Herschmann]]. | |||
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of Brighouse.
1881 On the death of Joseph Wood and the retirement of John Baldwin, Wood, Baldwin, Mitchell and Woodhouse became Woodhouse and Mitchell
1887 Horizontal tandem compound Corliss condensing engine at 100 hp. Exhibit at Armley Mill Museum. Donated by Mr J Howarth, Glovers Chemicals
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
Maker of stationary engines. [1]
Latterly they made machine tools under the Woodhouse and Mitchell and Town Woodhouse names at Wakefield Road, Brighouse, under the ownership of Thomas W. Ward.
A short history of the company by Geoff Shackleton was included in an International Station Stationary Steam Engine Society Bulletin in 2017[2], from which the following information is extracted.
Following the death of Joseph Wood on 7 August 1881, the partnership of Wood, Baldwin and Co was dissolved, and a new company was formed as Woodhouse & Mitchell by Richard Woodhouse and Samuel Mitchell.
1883 John Baldwin retired from the business.
1902 the firm became Woodhouse & Mitchell Ltd.
Franciscus Gilbertus Schippers came to Brighouse from Holland in the 1880s, and stayed with the company for 50 years, becoming Chief Mechanical Engineer in 1910 and joining the partnership. He died on 2 November 1936. He is credited with introducing the uniflow engine to Yorkshire.
The firm also produced milling equipment for flour and oil seed.
Woodhouse & Mitchell had their own type of release gear for the Corliss valves, designed in 1896 by one of their engineers, an American named Arthur Herschmann.