George Richards and Co
From Graces Guide
George Richards and Co of Broadheath, Manchester were makers of Machine Tools and Line Shaft Fittings and Pulleys.
- 1880 Company founded.
- 1885 Private company.
- 1911 Makers of Universal Facing, Boring, Drilling and Milling Machines. [1]
- 1911 Automatic lubricator for shafts. [2]
- 1914 Engineers. Specialities: side planing machines, boring and turning mills, facing and boring machines, drilling machines, radial drilling machines, pulleys and line. Employees 700 to 800. [3]
- 1920 Article on new taper boring head for Vertical Boring Mills in 'The Engineer'. [4]
- End Milling Machine. Exhibit at Armley Mill Museum
- Drilling Machine. Exhibit at Bradford Industrial Museum
- 1961 Engineers, specialising in boring and turning mills, slot drilling and key-seating machines, and side planing machines. [5]
Sources of Information
- Directory 1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners
- 1920 November. Exhibited at the Motor Car Show at Olympia and the White City with
- ↑ Machine Tools by James Weir French in 2 vols. Published 1911 by Gresham
- ↑ The Engineer of 15th December 1911 p622
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Engineer of 12th November 1920 p485
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE