H. W. Kearns and Co

1908.

1908.

1908.

Shaping Machine. 1909.

Front View Of Shaping Machine. 1909.

Side View Of Shaping Machine. 1909.

1910.

1913.

1922.Large Surfacing and Boring Machine.

1928.

1931. Surfacing and Boring Machine.

1934.

Aug 1935. Great Western RailwayGWR Centenary.

of Atlantic Street, Broadheath, Altrincham.

H. W. Kearns of Broadheath, Altrincham were makers of machine tools.

Double-spindle horizontal boring machine.

1907 Private company.

1927 Henry Ward Kearns the founder dies and his sons Joseph Richard Carden Kearns and H. W. L. Kearns take over

1937 Machine tool manufacturers. "Kearns" Horizontal Boring Machines.

1955 Company made public.

1961 Machine toolmakers, manufacturing universal horizontal surfacing, boring, milling, drilling and tapping machines. 480 employees.

1968 Staveley Industries rationalised its machine tool division, including giving responsibility for horizontal table borers to Kearns

See Also

• 1922 Who's Who In Engineering: Company K
• 1924 Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition
• 1929 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
• 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
• 1948 Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition
• 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
• Alfred Herbert
• Curtis Albert Sparkes
• Engineering 1907 Jul-Dec: Index: Addresses of Advertisers
• Engineering 1914 Jan-Jun: Index: Addresses of Advertisers
• Engineering 1928 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index
• Engineering 1961 Jan-Jun: Index
• Engineering 1968 Jan-Jun: Index
• George Richards and Co
• H. C. Town
• H. W. L. Kearns
• Henry Ward Kearns
• Joseph Richard Carden Kearns
• Kearns-Richards
• Oscar Rendell
• Power Plant Co
• The Engineer 1908/03/13
• The Engineer 1908/04/24
• The Engineer 1908/05/01
• The Engineer 1909/02/12
• The Engineer 1909/04/30
• The Engineer 1910/07/08
• The Engineer 1913/09/05
• The Engineer 1914/03/06
• The Engineer 1914/03/13
• The Engineer 1922/04/07
• The Engineer 1922/10/06
• The Engineer 1924/09/05
• The Engineer 1924/09/19
• The Engineer 1927 Jul-Dec: Index
• The Engineer 1931/03/13 Supplement
• The Engineer 1936 Jan-Jun: Index
• The Engineer 1942 Jan-Jun: Index
• The Engineer 1946 Jan-Jun: Index
• The Engineer 1946 Jul-Dec: Index
• The Engineer 1948 Jul-Dec: Index
• Thomas Bowman Burton

Sources of Information

• Machine Tools by James Weir French in 2 vols. Published 1911 by Gresham
• 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
• 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries