Cocksedge and Co
From Graces Guide
of Greyfriars Road and Rapier Street, Ipswich
- 1879 J. S. Cocksedge left the firm of Woods, Cocksedge and Co and set up the company
- 1886 Moved to new premises
- J. W. A. Cocksedge his son who had worked for two engineering companies in London joined the company
- 1887 J. S. Cocksedge died
- 1900 new premises in rapier Street
- 1925 The company took limited status
- The company was the maker of the Gerald Gray Patent Self-Slewing Crane and this utilised two small steam engines
Sources of Information
- Steam Engine Builders of Norfolk by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1948 by The Augustine Steward Press