Spencer and Co

Jan 1885

1885. Vertical compound mill engine.

1909. Erection of derrik over rolling railway bridge, Burma.

1909. Erection of north and south leaves over rolling railway bridge, Burma.

1909. South leaf showing counter balance over rolling railway bridge, Burma.

1909. Bridge nearing completion.

1913. Belt conveyor for shipping coals.

Seen in Barbados.

Seen in Barbados.

Seen in Barbados.

Blower at Millwall Dock.

1959. Receiver End of Mobile Pneumatic handling Plant.

of Beanacre Road, Melksham, Wilts.

Presumably connected with Spencer and Gillett

1877 Gillett's Patent Steam Donkey Pump

1885 Spencer and Co installed an engine at John Taylor's mill in Melksham

1894 The company was registered on 23 August, to acquire a business of engineers.

c.1900 New factory opened in Melksham

1914 Engineers and contractors. specialities: grain handling machinery, silos etc., coal and ash plants, ore conveyors etc. Employees 750.

1930 Manufacturer of elevating and conveying plant for grain, coal, ore, cement and other materials, and mechanical handling plant and labour-saving appliances.

A double-acting single cylinder vertical blower, by Spencer & Co is retained on a plinth at the east end of Millwall Outer Dock in the Isle of Dogs. This unit, possibly originally belt driven, is retained as a reminder of the grain silos which once lined this dock.

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