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1856 Company established in Haywards Heath by [[John Saxby]] who was the first to achieve interlocking of route selection and signalling, a key aspect of safe signalling<ref>The Times, 15 August 1921</ref>. | 1856 Company established in Haywards Heath by [[John Saxby]] who was the first to achieve interlocking of route selection and signalling, a key aspect of safe signalling<ref>The Times, 15 August 1921</ref>. | ||
1860 [[John Stinson Farmer]] joined the firm as partner. | 1860/3<ref>Civil engineer records - J S Farmer's proposal for membership in 1868</ref. [[John Stinson Farmer]] joined the firm as partner. | ||
The works were moved to Kilburn | The works were moved to Kilburn |
Revision as of 16:15, 25 February 2020
Saxby and Farmer of Kilburn and later of Chippenham were railway signal manufacturers.
1856 Company established in Haywards Heath by John Saxby who was the first to achieve interlocking of route selection and signalling, a key aspect of safe signalling[1].
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1878 Set up works at Creil in France[2]
1893 Incorporated as a limited company.
1903 Acquired Evans, O'Donnell and Co of Chippenham; the works were moved from Kilburn, London, to Chippenham. Mr Charles Hodgson, Mr A. G. Evans and Mr J. P. O' Donnell are joint managing directors. Mr Charles Hodgson was also appointed chairman.[3]
1905 Set up works at Calcutta[4]
1914 Railway signalling engineers. Specialities: union of lock and block systems, facing point locks and other safety appliances. Employees 800 permanent, up to 1,000 contracted as work necessitates. [5]
1920 Absorbed into Westinghouse Brake Co.
1921 The Saxby and Farmer Interlocking Frame was in use all over the world[6].
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 15 August 1921
- ↑ The Times Friday, May 12, 1978
- ↑ The Engineer 1903/01/02 p 26.
- ↑ The Times Friday, May 12, 1978
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Times, 15 August 1921
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816