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of Vulcan and Ancoats Works, Pollard Street, Manchester
John Hetherington and Sons were makers of machine tools.
- 1836 Company established.
- 1847 Back gear turning lathe (Mr Heatherington of Manchester). [1]
- 1888 The 'Draper-Hetherington' Automatic Sprinkler (by Hetherington and Co of Manchester). [2]
- 1888 Double Planing machine for Pembroke Dockyard (by Hetherington and Co of Manchester). [3]
- 1888 Double Cold Saw (by Hetherington and Co of Manchester). [4]
- 1890 Incorporated as a limited company.
- 1894 The company was registered on 29 November, to acquire the business of textile machinists and engineers of a private company of the same name. [5]
- 1911 Railway wheel lathe, Boring and turning mills and Screw driven planing machines.
- 1914 Textile machinists and engineers' heavy machine tool makers. Employees 4,200. [6]
- 1927 See Aberconway for information on the company and its history.
Sources of Information
- Machine Tools by James Weir French in 2 vols. Published 1911 by Gresham
- ↑ Engineer and Machinist's Assistant 1847. plate XLI (see descriptions on p24)
- ↑ The Engineer of 2nd March 1888 p205
- ↑ The Engineer of 13th April 1888 p297
- ↑ The Engineer of 20th April 1888 p315
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book