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Maker of stationary engines. <ref>Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10</ref> | Maker of stationary engines. <ref>Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10</ref> | ||
The firm also produced milling equipment for flour and oil seed. | |||
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]]. | ||
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[[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. | [[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. | ||
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]]. | |||
1926 Richard Woodhouse retired, and was succeeded as Managing Director by Joseph Mitchell. | |||
1934 Joseph Mitchell died. Company bought by John Illingworth, and re-registered as Woodhouse and Mitchell (1934) Ltd. He was a director of [[Widdop, Shackleton and Co]] who had an adjacent factory in Brighouse. They were to diversify, with products including machine tools. | |||
By 1951 the firm had been taken over by Thos. W. Ward of Sheffield. | |||
1962 Merged with [[Frederick Town and Sons]] of Halifax. | |||
c.1967 The Clifton Bridge site closed. | |||
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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]
The firm also produced milling equipment for flour and oil seed.
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.
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.
1926 Richard Woodhouse retired, and was succeeded as Managing Director by Joseph Mitchell.
1934 Joseph Mitchell died. Company bought by John Illingworth, and re-registered as Woodhouse and Mitchell (1934) Ltd. He was a director of Widdop, Shackleton and Co who had an adjacent factory in Brighouse. They were to diversify, with products including machine tools.
By 1951 the firm had been taken over by Thos. W. Ward of Sheffield.
1962 Merged with Frederick Town and Sons of Halifax.
c.1967 The Clifton Bridge site closed.