Gilbert Gilkes and Co
of Kendal.
Manufacturers of turbines and pumps.
1853 Company established.
1881 Gilbert Gilkes bought Williamson Brothers, makers of turbines[1]
1891 TILBERTHWAITE GREEN SLATE Co.'s QUARRIES. .... The new plant, being of an entirely novel kind and unique in the quarries in this district, has excited a good deal of interest. It consists of two powerful turbines, made by Messrs. Gilkes and Co., Kendal, by which the slate is raised to a height of about 150 feet, by an almost perpendicular double incline, to the banks, where its further manipulation is carried on. The turbines also drive pumps capable of lifting 50,000 gallons an hour. ...'[2]
1894 Company incorporated.
1895 Gilbert Gilkes acquired C. L. Hett.
1920 Gilbert Gilkes retired and his nephew Norman F. Wilson took over.
1921 Private company formed as Gilbert Gilkes and Co.
1928 Name changed to Gilbert Gilkes and Gordon.