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'''William Ayrton and Co''' of [[Gorebrook Ironworks]], Longsight, Manchester | '''William Ayrton and Co''' of [[Gorebrook Ironworks]], Pink Bank Lane, Longsight, Manchester | ||
1870 Company founded. | 1870 Company founded. | ||
formerly [[Shepherd and Ayrton]] | |||
1892 'Mr. Ayrton, the head of this house, has succeeded to the proprietorship of the patents of the late Mr. Wm. Weild, whose valuable invention of an automatic spooling machine attracted so much attention and won such high approval at the great exhibitions of London (1862) and Paris (1867). This spooling machine continues to be the leading speciality of the house; and maintains its unsurpassed position as a thoroughly practical and effective apparatus. It won a gold medal at Paris in 1867, and gained a prize medal at London in 1862, “for judicious arrangement and fitness of the several parts and their adaptation to the object intended, combined with good workmanship.” | |||
'At one time the spooling of sewing cotton and silk was done exclusively by machines requiring a great deal of hand labour in placing the spools, guiding the cotton or silk, severing the same when the spools were filled, making the notch at the end of the spool, and securing the end of the silk or cotton into the notch. But this method is being rapidly superseded by the very ingenious self-acting machines invented by Messrs. W. Weild & Co., and manufactured by Wm. Ayrton & Co., of Gorebrook Ironworks, Manchester. ..... Messrs. William Ayrton & Co. also make a special feature of Patent Improved Jacquard Card-Cutting, Card-Lacing, and Repeating Machines, including Piano Reading-in Machines. They also intend making a speciality of oil-cloth machinery. .... and their manufacture of Higgins’ Carding Engines is well-known and much esteemed. ..... '<ref>[http://messybeast.com/1892-lancashire/1892-lancashire.htm] THE CENTURY'S PROGRESS - LANCASHIRE. The London Printing and Engraving Co., 1892</ref> | |||
1922 Principals: [[Edmund Norbury Baines]] and [[James William Schmidt]]. Products.— Sewing thread polishing, spooling, and balling machinery of every description. | |||
1929 Private company. | 1929 Private company. | ||
1936 Balling machines, card winders and thread spooling machines. | 1936 Balling machines, card winders and thread spooling machines. <ref> The Textile Manufacturer Year Book 1936. Published by Emmott and Co. Advert on p52 </ref> | ||
1961 Manufacturers of textile winding machinery. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref> | |||
1965 photo of factory [https://images.manchester.gov.uk/Display.php?irn=44546&QueryPage=%2Findex.php&QueryName=BasicQuery&QueryPage=%2Findex.php&Anywhere=SummaryData%7CAdmWebMetadata&QueryTerms=Ltd&QueryOption=Anywhere&Submit=Search&StartAt=241 '''here''']. | |||
1966 photo of factory [https://images.manchester.gov.uk/Display.php?irn=44552&QueryPage=%2Findex.php&QueryName=BasicQuery&QueryPage=%2Findex.php&Anywhere=SummaryData%7CAdmWebMetadata&QueryTerms=Ltd&QueryOption=Anywhere&Submit=Search&StartAt=201 '''here''']. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT: Ayrton, W}} | {{DEFAULTSORT: Ayrton, W}} | ||
[[Category: Town - Manchester]] | [[Category: Town - Manchester]] | ||
[[Category: Textile Machinery]] | [[Category: Textile Machinery]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:40, 7 December 2022
William Ayrton and Co of Gorebrook Ironworks, Pink Bank Lane, Longsight, Manchester
1870 Company founded.
formerly Shepherd and Ayrton
1892 'Mr. Ayrton, the head of this house, has succeeded to the proprietorship of the patents of the late Mr. Wm. Weild, whose valuable invention of an automatic spooling machine attracted so much attention and won such high approval at the great exhibitions of London (1862) and Paris (1867). This spooling machine continues to be the leading speciality of the house; and maintains its unsurpassed position as a thoroughly practical and effective apparatus. It won a gold medal at Paris in 1867, and gained a prize medal at London in 1862, “for judicious arrangement and fitness of the several parts and their adaptation to the object intended, combined with good workmanship.”
'At one time the spooling of sewing cotton and silk was done exclusively by machines requiring a great deal of hand labour in placing the spools, guiding the cotton or silk, severing the same when the spools were filled, making the notch at the end of the spool, and securing the end of the silk or cotton into the notch. But this method is being rapidly superseded by the very ingenious self-acting machines invented by Messrs. W. Weild & Co., and manufactured by Wm. Ayrton & Co., of Gorebrook Ironworks, Manchester. ..... Messrs. William Ayrton & Co. also make a special feature of Patent Improved Jacquard Card-Cutting, Card-Lacing, and Repeating Machines, including Piano Reading-in Machines. They also intend making a speciality of oil-cloth machinery. .... and their manufacture of Higgins’ Carding Engines is well-known and much esteemed. ..... '[1]
1922 Principals: Edmund Norbury Baines and James William Schmidt. Products.— Sewing thread polishing, spooling, and balling machinery of every description.
1929 Private company.
1936 Balling machines, card winders and thread spooling machines. [2]
1961 Manufacturers of textile winding machinery. [3]
1965 photo of factory here.
1966 photo of factory here.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [1] THE CENTURY'S PROGRESS - LANCASHIRE. The London Printing and Engraving Co., 1892
- ↑ The Textile Manufacturer Year Book 1936. Published by Emmott and Co. Advert on p52
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE