Samuel Worssam and Co
S. Worssam and Co of Oakley Works, Kings Road, Chelsea.
Samuel William Worssam established a small factory in King's Road, Chelsea, for making saw-mill machinery.
1855 Allen Ransome left his father's firm and came to London as manager to Messrs. Samuel Worrsam and Co.
Later, Ransome filled a partnership which was left vacant by the death of one of the firm.
1866 Details of their machinery for sawing wood.[1]
1868 Ransome became senior partner of the firm, when he took into partnership Mr. Frederick Josselyn, of Ipswich, and the style was changed into A. Ransome and Co.
1883 Selling / building a gas engine [2]
1892/3 Amalgamated with Ransome, Josselyn and Woods as A. Ransome and Co Ltd.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 2nd February 1866 p84
- ↑ A-Z of British Stationary Engines by Patrick Knight. Published 1999. ISBN 1 873098 50 2