J. Stannah
Originally of Southwark Bridge Road, London.
Now in Andover.
1835 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership hitherto subsisting between us the undersigned, carrying on business as Blacksmiths, in New Park-Street, Southwark, under the firm of Brough and Sisterson, was this day dissolved by mutual consent.—Dated 24th June 1835. William Brough. Walter Henderson Sisterson.'[1]
1854 W. H. Sisterson, Bridge Street, Southwark.[2]
1857 Patent. '249. And Walter Henderson Sisterson, of Southwark, in the county of Surrey, Engineer, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of "an improvement in cranes."'[3]
In the 1860s, Joseph Stannah began making lifts to move ships' cargo.[4].
1866 Sisterson died and the business was taken over by Stannah.
1867 Established as independent business
1876 'Late W. H. Sisterson'[5]
1886 Hydraulic warehouse cranes, featuring an inclined jib which could be extended out of the warehouse [6]
1889 Variable power hydraulic apparatus. [7]
1899 Announce they are constructing an experimental car.[8]
1961 Stannah Lifts Ltd was incorporated
1975 Designed their first quick-to-install and easy-to-use stairlifts[9] Stannah Lifts.
2024 Stannah Group is still a family run independent business
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:10 July 1835 Issue:19287 Page:1340
- ↑ Sun (London) - Wednesday 28 June 1854
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:17 February 1857 Issue:21968 Page:545
- ↑ Stannah website
- ↑ See 1876 Advert
- ↑ The Engineer 1886/09/24 1886
- ↑ The Engineer 1889/05/24 p439
- ↑ The Autocar 1899/06/17
- ↑ Stannah website [1]