William Muir and Co

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Lathe 2670 still in use in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (South India). (2012).

Lathe 2670 still in use in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (South India). (2012). (Detail).

1847.

1852.

January 1866.

1874.

1876.

January 1880.

1885. Exhibit at Darlington Railway Museum.

December 1889.

June 1898.

August 1899.

1899.

Slotting machine exhibited at Amberley Working Museum.

February 1901.

1901.

January 1902.

1902.

1902.

1907.

1907.

1907.

1907.

1909. Headstock of turbine rotor lathe.

1909.102 inch turbine rotor lathe.

1909.

1921.

1922.

1922.

1932 (from ‘A Shipbuilding History’)

1947. Light machine shop before re-organisation.

1947. Light machine shop after re-organisation.

Exhibit at Geevor Tin Mine Museum. No.1688 lathe.

Muir travelling head shaper serves a supporting role while awaiting restoration at Wortley Top Forge

W. Muir and Co Engineers and machinists, of Britannia Works, Sherbourne Street, Salford (Manchester).

1842 Company established when William Muir left Whitworths in June and established a workshop in Berwick Street, Manchester, where he had room for a small forge, his lathe, and a bench.

Outgrew the Berwick Street accommodation and then, jointly with Mr. Edmondson, Muir occupied a large building in Miller's Lane, Salford. Mr. Edmondson occupied the top floor as a Railway Ticket Printing Office; Muir manufactured the printing, dating, and other machines, as well as conducting business as a machine-tool maker.

1851 Exhibited at Great Exhibition.

1852 Muir was asked to supply the Woolwich Arsenal with machinery for making interchangeable rifle sights; and with business increasing, he built the Britannia Works in Sherborne Street, Strangeways, and took on partners.

1862 Exhibited at London Exhibition.

1914 Machine tool makers. Specialities: machine tools for shipbuilders, armament works, engine works etc. Employees 450.

See Also

• 1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VI.: William Muir
• 1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class 7.: William Muir and Co
• 1875 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
• 1894 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
• 1914 Whitakers Red Book: M
• 1914 Who's Who in Business: Company M
• 1922 Who's Who In Engineering: Company M
• 1923 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
• Alfred Muir
• Charles Eustace Jolly
• David Hanson
• Edward Palmer Hetherington
• Edwin Muir
• Elias Barlow
• Engineering 1900 Jul-Dec: Index: Addresses of Advertisers
• Engineering 1905 Jan-Jun: Index: Directory of Advertisers
• Engineering 1907 Jul-Dec: Index: Addresses of Advertisers
• Engineering 1914 Jan-Jun: Index: Addresses of Advertisers
• Francis B. Welch and Co
• Frederick Cooper
• H. and J. Ellis
• Houldsworth Patent Roller Bearing Co
• James Armstrong Wilding
• James Henry Melloy
• John Chisholm (2)
• John Henry Widdowson (1828-1901)
• Joseph Richard Carden Kearns
• Leman Baker Pitcher
• Muir Machine Tools
• Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co
• The Basic Industries of Great Britain by Aberconway: Chapter IX: Part 1
• The Engineer 1865/10/13
• The Engineer 1865/10/20
• The Engineer 1865/11/10
• The Engineer 1865/11/17
• The Engineer 1878/04/26
• The Engineer 1878/05/03
• The Engineer 1895/04/12
• The Engineer 1895/12/13
• The Engineer 1896/07/10
• The Engineer 1897/12/10
• The Engineer 1898/11/25 Supplement
• The Engineer 1899/08/25
• The Engineer 1899/11/17 Supplement
• The Engineer 1900/07/06
• The Engineer 1901/12/13 Supplement
• The Engineer 1902/02/21
• The Engineer 1904/07/08
• The Engineer 1907/11/22 Supplement
• The Engineer 1909/05/14
• The Engineer 1909/07/23
• The Engineer 1909/10/15
• The Engineer 1910/05/27
• The Engineer 1910/07/22
• The Engineer 1913/03/28
• The Engineer 1913/06/20
• The Engineer 1913/06/27
• The Engineer 1921/12/16
• The Engineer 1922/05/05
• The Engineer 1922/05/26
• The Engineer 1925/03/13
• The Engineer 1925/12/11
• Thomas Bowman Burton
• Thomas Roberts Murray
• Vernon Charles Norman Wood
• William Muir
• William Tranter