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1888 Hetherington radial arm drill, with Greenwood and Batley lathe in background, on display at Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre, Devon.
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