Entwisle and Kenyon
of Ewbank Works, Accrington, Lancashire. Telephone: Accrington 2631 (3 lines). Telegraphic Address: "Accrington 2631". (1937)
1865 Company founded.
1866 Partnership dissolved: J. Entwisle, J. Kenyon, and G. Hacking, New Accrington, Lancashire, water meter makers (so far as regards G. Hacking)[1]
1880 Company established
1896 Ewbank catalogue: [3]
1897 Incorporated as a Limited Company.
1914 Specialities: washing, wringing and mangling machines, vices, carpet sweepers. [2]
1922 Patents x 2 - Improvements in carpet sweepers. [3]
1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Ewbank Carpet Sweepers. New pattern Ewbank Clothes Washer and Wringer. Porcelain Enamelled Wringers with Wood or Rubber rollers in Ball bearings, including Portable Model. Kitchen Cabinet containing Washer and Wringer. (Stand No. A.609) [4]
1961 Manufacturers of domestic machines including Ewbank Carpet Sweepers and Ewbank washing machines. 500 employees.
Note: (02/24) The name Ewbank is used by a business based in Kenilworth. Website
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Globe - Wednesday 18 July 1866
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ [1] [2] Wikipatents
- ↑ 1937 British Industries Fair p361