Stanford and Co


of 151 High Street, Colchester.
c1860 Established as Catchpole and Thompson
c1860 The first portable steam engine was made
1880 Styled as Catchpool, Stannard and Stanford after Ernest Stanford had joined them
c1882 Became Stanford and Co
1896 Ernest Kinderley Stanford died and the business was in the charge of C. M. Stanford.
1910 Ivan Stanford took over
1924 The company closed
See Also
Sources of Information
- Steam Engine Builders of Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1950 by The Augustine Steward Press