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1900 Electrically worked jib crane for dockside unloading | 1900 Electrically worked jib crane for dockside unloading | ||
c.1908 [[Jessop and Appleby Brothers]] amalgamated with the [[Glasgow Electric Crane and Hoist Co]] and the [[Temperley Transporter Co]], trading as Applebys<ref>[[The Engineer 1900/03/23]] p348 </ref> | c.1908 [[Jessop and Appleby Brothers]] amalgamated with the [[Glasgow Electric Crane and Hoist Co]] and the [[Temperley Transporter Co]], trading as '''Applebys'''<ref>[[The Engineer 1900/03/23]] p348 </ref> | ||
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<ref>The Times, 12 February 1908</ref>. | 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<ref>The Times, 12 February 1908</ref>. | ||
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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]
c.1898 Appleby Brothers was amalgamated with Joseph Jessop and Sons, trading as Jessop and Appleby Brothers
1900 Electrically worked jib crane for dockside unloading
c.1908 Jessop and Appleby Brothers amalgamated with the Glasgow Electric Crane and Hoist Co and the Temperley Transporter Co, trading as Applebys[3]
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[4].
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [1]Goulburn Waterworks Museum website
- ↑ The Engineer of 15th Feb 1889 p133
- ↑ The Engineer 1900/03/23 p348
- ↑ The Times, 12 February 1908
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816