William Sugg and Co
Sugg's patents of Vincent Works, Regency Street, Westminster, London, SW
1837 Company established by William Sugg.[1]
1841 Sugg, Pywell and Co, gas meter manufacturers, were at 19 & 20 Marsham St, London[2]
1860 Death of William Sugg, gas meter manufacturer, of Marsham Street.
1881 Public company. Incorporated as a limited company. The company was registered on 30 June, to take over the business of Mr. Sugg as inventor, constructor and vendor of gas-burning appliances. [3]
1911 Sugg and Co exhibited a gas calorimeter, at the Physical Society's Exhibition[4]
1914 Engineers. Specialities: incandescent gas burners, lamps and lights, gas cooking stoves, gas testing apparatus, iron and brass founding. Employees 430. [5]
1932 Provided gas flood lighting at a fete[6]
1952 Acquired Cowper Penfold and Co
Acquired Thomas Mattock and Co
1956 Disposed of Ranelagh Works; moved to Crawley[7]
1961 Engineers and manufacturers of lighting, heating, cooking and ventilating apparatus, including "Halcyon" selective air heating system and "Queen Convectair" gas fires. [8]
1969 Thorn Electrical Industries acquired the company, mainly for its central heating interests[9]
1983 Sugg Lighting of Crawley (is this the same company) offered new masthead, navigational and engine room lamps identical to those in use on ships[10]
c.2000 Installed new pattern of gas lamps outside the Palace of Westminster and in Old Palace Yard[11]
See here[12] for the excellent William Sugg & Co website.
Notes
Contributor FG on 9th November 2011 writes: I went to work at Suggs of Regency Street when I was 14 in 1935 and stood at a row of lathes fed by belts from a long overhead drive shaft but had to leave after a few months because brass filings used to get into my clothing and then eventualy into my skin causing scratching all day
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ http://www.williamsugghistory.co.uk/history.htm
- ↑ 1841 Directory
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Times, Dec 20, 1911
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Times July 6, 1932
- ↑ The Times Nov. 29, 1956
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times , Aug 21, 1969
- ↑ The Times June 11, 1983
- ↑ The Times Mar. 26, 2002
- ↑ [1] WebsiteL William Sugg & Co 1837-1869