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1860 [[John Stinson Farmer]] joined the firm as partner. | 1860 [[John Stinson Farmer]] joined the firm as partner. | ||
Late 1860s was selling frames to Continental railways | |||
1869 Advert for railway signals. Sole contractors to the [[London and North Western Railway]]. (Works at Canterbury Road, Kilburn, London W) <ref>Bradshaw’s Railway Manual 1869</ref>. | 1869 Advert for railway signals. Sole contractors to the [[London and North Western Railway]]. (Works at Canterbury Road, Kilburn, London W) <ref>Bradshaw’s Railway Manual 1869</ref>. | ||
1878 Set up works at Creil in France<ref>The Times Friday, May 12, 1978</ref> | |||
1893 Incorporated as a limited company. | 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 [[John Patrick O'Donnell | J. P. O' Donnell]] are joint managing directors. Mr [[Charles Hodgson]] was also appointed chairman.<ref>[[The Engineer 1903/01/02]] p 26.</ref> | 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 [[John Patrick O'Donnell | J. P. O' Donnell]] are joint managing directors. Mr [[Charles Hodgson]] was also appointed chairman.<ref>[[The Engineer 1903/01/02]] p 26.</ref> | ||
1905 Set up works at Calcutta<ref>The Times Friday, May 12, 1978</ref> | |||
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. <ref>[[1914 Whitakers Red Book]]</ref> | 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. <ref>[[1914 Whitakers Red Book]]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:41, 23 February 2020
Saxby and Farmer of Kilburn and later of Chippenham were railway signal manufacturers.
1856 Company established by John Saxby who was the first to achieve interlocking of route selection and signalling, a key aspect of safe signalling[1].
1860 John Stinson Farmer joined the firm as partner.
Late 1860s was selling frames to Continental railways
1869 Advert for railway signals. Sole contractors to the London and North Western Railway. (Works at Canterbury Road, Kilburn, London W) [2].
1878 Set up works at Creil in France[3]
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.[4]
1905 Set up works at Calcutta[5]
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. [6]
1920 Absorbed into Westinghouse Brake Co.
1921 The Saxby and Farmer Interlocking Frame was in use all over the world[7].
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 15 August 1921
- ↑ Bradshaw’s Railway Manual 1869
- ↑ 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