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[[Image:Im1909V107-p552aa.jpg|thumb| 'Airds' crane No.3, 1863-68.]] | [[Image:Im1909V107-p552aa.jpg|thumb| 'Airds' crane No.3, 1863-68.]] | ||
[[Image:Im1909V107-p586Applebys.jpg|thumb| 1909. 100-ton crane.]] | [[Image:Im1909V107-p586Applebys.jpg|thumb| 1909. 100-ton crane.]] | ||
[[Image:Im1909V108-p460.jpg|thumb| 1909. Goliath crane at Melilla.]] | |||
'''Appleby Brothers''' or '''Applebys''' of Southwark, London, and Greenwich, manufacturers of steam cranes, dredgers, brick making machinery, steam crabs, pile drivers, pumps, portable and stationary engines. | '''Appleby Brothers''' or '''Applebys''' of Southwark, London, and Greenwich, manufacturers of steam cranes, dredgers, brick making machinery, steam crabs, pile drivers, pumps, portable and stationary engines. |
Revision as of 11:45, 3 February 2012
Appleby Brothers or Applebys of Southwark, London, and Greenwich, manufacturers of steam cranes, dredgers, brick making machinery, steam crabs, pile drivers, pumps, portable and stationary engines.
1866 The works moved to East Greenwich.
1871 Supplied a railway locomotive.
1883 Beam pumping engine for Goulburn Waterworks, New South Wales. In steamable condition [1]
1889 Gold Mining Plant for Cerro de Pasco, Transvaal. (Appleby and Co of Greenwich) [2]
1908 Appleby's Ltd of Glasgow, Leicester and London, were commissioned to provide the crane for a floating crane being constructed by Vickers, Sons and Maxim for harbour of Montreal. Also supplying a crane for the fitting out basin of Yarrow and Co at Scotstoun[3].
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [1]Goulburn Waterworks Museum website
- ↑ The Engineer of 15th Feb 1889 p133
- ↑ The Times, 12 February 1908
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816