Hathorn, Davey and Co

Hathorn, Davey and Co of Leeds were makers of stationary steam engines

• 1881 Direct-Acting Pump for Nottingham Waterworks (Broughton Station)

• 1888 Differential Compensating Pumping Engine at Weston-super-Mere

• 1888 Direct-Acting Pump for Wolverhampton Waterworks (Cosford Station)

• 1889 Direct-acting accumulator pumping engine

• 1889 A number of small safety engines shown at the RASE at Windsor

• 1890 Hydraulic and pneumatic sewage pumps. Details and Illustration in 'The Engineer'

• 1891 Engine for Cosford Pumping Station, Wolverhampton Waterworks, Donington

• 1894 One thousand hp Davey Pumping Engine for draining mines. Illustration and article in 'The Engineer'

• 1896 vertical Rotative Engine for Liverpool Waterworks (Aubery St Station)

• 1900 Issued catalogue of pumping engines for mines with sections for steam, hydraulic and electric driven types.

• 1900 Details of a triple-expansion pumping engine

• 1900 Details of hydraulic power plant for the Miike Mines in Japan

• 1934 Hathorn Davey went into liquidation in October 1934.

Sources of Information

• Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10
• The Engineer of 13th January 1888 p27+
• The Engineer of 12th April 1889 p310 & p316
• The Engineer of 28th June 1889 p546
• The Engineer of 7th February 1890 p107
• The Engineer of 21st December 1894 p550 & p554
• The Engineer of 26th January 1900. p107
• The Engineer of 9th February 1900. p150
• The Engineer of 8th June 1900 p613
• The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6