Difference between revisions of "Cole, Marchent and Morley"
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[[Image: CMM01.jpg|thumb| Engine driving tinplate rolling mill stands driven at Kidwelly Industrial Museum. Barring engine in foreground]] | [[Image: CMM01.jpg|thumb| Engine driving tinplate rolling mill stands driven at [[Kidwelly Industrial Museum]]. Barring engine in foreground]] | ||
'''Cole, Marchent and Morley''' of | '''Cole, Marchent and Morley''' of Prospect Foundry, Wakefield Road, Bradford | ||
* 1848 Company founded | * 1848 Company founded | ||
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* 1928 Ceased trading | * 1928 Ceased trading | ||
* A former engineer of the company, Anold Throp, wrote an excellent account of the company and its engines, with a rare insight into the methods of manufacturing large steam engines <ref>'The Last Years of Mill Engine Building' by Arnold Throp. Available from the publishers, International Stationary Steam Engine Society (I.S.S.E.S.). ISBN 1-872986-07-2</ref> | |||
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==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
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* Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978/9. ISBN 0-903485-65-6 | * Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978/9. ISBN 0-903485-65-6 | ||
* Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10 | * Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10 | ||
[[Category:Stationary Engines]] | [[Category:Stationary Engines]] | ||
[[Category:Town - Bradford]] | [[Category:Town - Bradford]] |
Revision as of 19:59, 20 November 2010
Cole, Marchent and Morley of Prospect Foundry, Wakefield Road, Bradford
- 1848 Company founded
- 1889 Morley joined the company
- 1890 The business and premises were purchased by H. W. Morley.
- 1894 June. Royal Agricultural Society's Show. 4-inch and 6-inch pumps. [1]
- 1894 September. Prospect duplex Pump. [2]
- 1899 Incorporated as a limited liability company.
- 1900 Compound horizontal engine for the City and South London Railway. Article and illustrations. [3]
- 1907 Barring engine. Exhibit at Bradford Industrial Museum
- 1914? Supplied an engine to St David's Tinplate Works
- 1914 Engine builders and general engineers. Specialities: high-class stationary engines ranging from 100 to 3,000 hp for electric traction and driving mills of all descriptions; condensing plants, heavy millwright work, crude oil engines, piston drop valves, surface condensing plants. Employees 500. [4]
- 1917 Supplied engine to Stewarts and Lloyds Tube Works at newport
- 1919 Installed an engine at Pontardawe Alloy Co
- 1920 May. Issued catalogue on central exhaust and tandem compound steam engines. [5]
- 1928 Ceased trading
- A former engineer of the company, Anold Throp, wrote an excellent account of the company and its engines, with a rare insight into the methods of manufacturing large steam engines [6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 29th June 1894 p565
- ↑ The Engineer of 21st September 1894 p249
- ↑ The Engineer of 5th October 1900 p347
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Engineer of 28th May 1920 p564
- ↑ 'The Last Years of Mill Engine Building' by Arnold Throp. Available from the publishers, International Stationary Steam Engine Society (I.S.S.E.S.). ISBN 1-872986-07-2
- Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978/9. ISBN 0-903485-65-6
- Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10