Thomas William Cowan
NB May be more than one person of the same name; it is assumed this is not Dr Thomas William Cowan, M.A., civil engineer
of Kent Iron Works, Bridge Street, Greenwich (founder)[1]
1860 The occupier of Kent Iron Works is J. Todd and Co
1861 Patent. '...809. To John Grieve Winton, and Thomas William Cowan, both of 42, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, in the city of London, Engineers, for the invention of "improvements in the means for actuating machine hammers, which said improvements are also applicable to pile-driving, and other such-like machines and purposes."'[2]
c1862 Yarrow and Hilditch designed a steam-driven road carriage which was taken up by T. W. Cowan, of Greenwich, who agreed to pay a royalty on the vehicles constructed. Cowan built one carriage which plied between Greenwich and Bromley - a distance of 10 miles - once a week late in the evening for a short time. This steam carriage was shown at the International Exhibition of 1862, where it attracted a good deal of attention.[3]
1863 Patent on a design of pump[4]
1866 Bankruptcy. '...Name and description of the Debtor; as in the Deed - Thomas William Cowan, of Beckenham, Kent, Engineer (debtor), first part....'[5]
1866 The premises of Kent Iron Works and the contents offered for auction.[6]
1868 Registered elector at Brackley Road, Beckenham[7]
Is this the same person?
1865 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership existing between ourselves, Isaac Mark Evans, Edward Halsey, and Thomas William Cowan, carried on by us at the Trefynant Coal and Iron Works, in the parish of Euabon and county of Denbigh, and at the Garth Quarries, in the parish of Llangollen, in the said county of Denbigh, under the style and designation of Evans, Halsey, Cowan, and Company, is dissolved by mutual consent...'[8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1865 Directory
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:12 April 1861 Issue:22501 Page:1549
- ↑ Alfred Yarrow: Obituary
- ↑ The Engineer 1863/04/24
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:11 December 1866 Issue:23196 Page:6917
- ↑ London Evening Standard - Thursday 02 August 1866
- ↑ London Electoral Register
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:27 October 1865 Issue:23029 Page:5050