J. B. Clabour
J. B. Clabour of Guiseley, near Leeds
Established 1874
Early owners were James Bowling Clabour and James Arthur Clabour
Steam engines and steam-driven vacuum pumps
1885 5 HP horizontal steam engine. Formerly drove machinery in mechanics' workshop of T. D. Whitfield and Sond of Oak Lea Mill, Bradford. On display at Bradford Industrial Museum (see photo).
1906 Horizontal single cylinder 40 HP steam engine, driving workshop machinery at Hearl, Heaton and Co., Crown Street Works, Liversedge. Photographed by George Watkins in 1966 [1]. Now preserved at Bradford Industrial Museum (see photo).
1923 A 50 HP J. B. Clabour horizontal engine was included in the sale of Chald Lane Colour Works, Wakefield [2]
1927 An engine by Clabour was included in the sale of equipment at Cantley Mill, near Doncaster.[3]
1929 'MR. J. A. CLABOUR, GUISELEY. The death occurred yesterday of Mr. James A. Clabour, of Oxford House, Guiseley, principal the firm of J. B. Clabour, engineers, Guiseley. Mr. Clabour, who was in his 59th year, was apparently in his usual health on Tuesday, and became ill early yesterday. The business with which he was associated was established by his father, the late Mr. J. B. Clabour. He leaves a widow and one son and daughter.'[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- Canadian Journal of Commerce, 6th December 1901
- Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10