Hayward Tyler and Co
Hydraulic and general engineers, of Luton and Whitecross Street, London EC.
of 99 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC.
of 84 and 85 Whitecross Street, St. Luke's, London E.C.[1].
of Luton and East Kilbride (1956).
1815 Company founded. Company established by W. Russell who was succeeded by Hayward Tyler
1830 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership carried on between us the undersigned, Hayward Tyler, Henry Tylor, and Joseph Tylor, of Warwick-Lane, in the City of London, Brass-Founders, under the firm of Hayward Tyler and Company, has been dissolved by mutual consent; and in future the Brass-Foundery and Braziery business will be united and carried on under the firm of Henry Tylor, Joseph Tylor and Company, at Warwick-Lane...'[2]
1856 Company was purchased by Robert Luke Howard
1866 Advert: Makers of Bramah's original soda water machine.
1873 William Last (later director of the Science Museum) joined the company, which was described as successors to celebrated Bramah[3].
1876 Steam pumping engine. Exhibitor at the Royal Agricultural Show at Birmingham. [4]
1882 Supplied six water tank wagons with a boiler and two direct-acting pumps to the Cape Colonies Railways. These were to be used for taking water to outlying stations, and for washing out boilers. [5]
1888 Steam-pump Factory Fire engine.
1889 Rider hot-air engine shown at the RASE at Windsor. [6]
1894 Geared High-Lift Pumps. Illustration in 'The Engineer'. [7]
1894 Catalogue of electrical parts for lighting of houses, factories, mines and ships etc. [8]
1900 Details of machine for bottling beers. [9]
1905 Private company. Incorporated as a private limited company.
1914 Hydraulic and sanitary engineers. Specialities: aerated water machinery, pumping machinery, hydraulic presses, steam, fire, sanitary and water fittings, meters for household purposes. [10]
1956 Platt Brothers bought a controlling interest in the private company Hayward Tyler and Co[11].
1961 Engineers, manufacturing oil process pumps, atomic circular pumps, submersible pumps, also motors and steam turbines. 500 employees. [12]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1876/10/06
- ↑ [1] Gazette Issue 18762 published on the 28 December 1830. Page 5 of 16
- ↑ The Times 9 August 1911
- ↑ The Engineer 1876/07/14 p32 and p40
- ↑ 'The Engineer' 7th July 1882
- ↑ The Engineer of 28th June 1889 p546
- ↑ The Engineer of 9th March 1894 p205
- ↑ The Engineer of 14th September 1894 p238
- ↑ The Engineer of 7th December 1900 p565
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Times, 12 November 1956
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE