Joseph Richmond and Co
Joseph Richmond and Co of Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London were engineers.
1876 Company formed by Joseph Richmond.[1]
?? Walter Whiting became a partner
Made 'Gough's' printing machine. [2]
1883 Patent. Joseph Richmond and Walter Whiting. 'method of actuating cross-cut saws'.[3]
1885 Patent. Joseph Richmond and Walter Whiting. 'machinery for sawing and cubing sugar loaf'.[4]
1888 Hydraulic lift for the Columbus Monument, Barcelona. Four section telescopic ram giving a total lift of 134 ft [5]
1890 Steam pumps for fire protection. Image and details in 'The Engineer' [6]
1894 Richmond's lift with Carey's water economiser [7]
1906 Advertisement. Joseph Richmond and Co, Cirencester. Castings especially for Motor Cylinders and Bearings.[8]
1907 Bankruptcy. Company formed in 1891 to acquire the businesses at New Inn Iron Works, Burdett Road, Bow, and at Kirby Street, Hatton Garden. From 1904-06 the business was carried on at Cirencester.[9][10]
1910 Acquired by Marryat and Place[11]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Morning Post - Saturday 07 September 1907
- ↑ The Engineer 1880/10/22
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 24 August 1883
- ↑ Northampton Mercury - Saturday 05 December 1885
- ↑ The Engineer 1888/11/23 p.428
- ↑ The Engineer 1890/04/18 p333
- ↑ The Engineer 1894/07/13 p38
- ↑ Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard - Saturday 29 December 1906
- ↑ Gloucester Citizen - Friday 06 September 1907
- ↑ Morning Post - Saturday 07 September 1907
- ↑ The Times, Oct 18, 1950