Manchester Cycle Manufacturing Co

of Belsize Works, Clayton Lane, Manchester

1898 Works advertised for sale: '....The premises have a ground floor area of 2,950 square yards, with frontage of 150 feet 10 inches on Clayton-lane, and comprise tool and fitting shops 179 feet by 120 feet, plating and buffing shops, enamelling place, joiners' shop, stores, private and general office, &c.. together with the plant and machinery, comprising 7in. double-geared slide srewcutting lathe, gap bed, 10 feet long; four 6in. ditto, beds 8ft. long; two ?in. double-geared hand lathes, on gap beds 7ft. long; thirteen 6in. ditto. each bed 6ft. long; twenty ditto, cac-h bed sft. long; two sin. ditto, each on 4ft. bed; die ditto, on 6ft. bed; seven 6in. geared boring lathes, on 6ft. bed; one 7in. capstan lathe, 6ft. bed; one 6in. ditto, on 3ft. bed; small ditto, eight drilling machines, spindle profiling machine, two single ditto, six horizontal milling machines, small slotting three spokes screwing machines, eight polishing spindles, tuble and felloe bending machines complete, nickel plant with dynamo, range of five enamelling ovens, annealing furnaces, sand blast lour smiths' iron earths (by darter), wrought liearths, anvils and swages, 16 Otto gas engine, vertical steam boiler (3ft. dia. by 7ft. 6in. lugh), millwnglitf' work, steam and water anil fittings, three 150-light gas mctere, piping and fithings. vices, benches, hand tc-oLs and appliances, scwt. portable weighing machine (by Pooley), wood store racks, large assortment new stores and office furniture, two safes, and fleets 'lTie site tbe works area 6,750 square yards. It is leasehold for the residue term years from the Ist, day May. 1890. and subject annual ground rent £5O further particulars...'

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