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'''William Ayrton and Co''' of [[Gorebrook Ironworks]], Longsight, Manchester
'''William Ayrton and Co''' of [[Gorebrook Ironworks]], Longsight, Manchester


* 1870 Company founded.
1870 Company founded.


* 1891 'NOTICE is hereby given, that the PARTNERSHIP heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned JAMES WHALEY SHEPHERD and WILLIAM AYRTON, carrying on business at the [[Gorebrook Ironworks]], Longsight, near Manchester, as engineers, toolmakers, and machinists, under the style or firm of "[[Shepherd and Ayrton]]," was dissolved as and from the 31st day of October 1890. All debtors due to or owing the late partnership" firm will received and paid by the said William Ayrton, who will carry the business his own account, under the. style or firm of [[illiam Ayrton and Co|Wm. Ayrton and Co.]] — Dated this sixth day of January, 1891. J. W. SHEPHERD. WM. AYRTON.'<ref>Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser,7 January 1891</ref>
1891 'NOTICE is hereby given, that the PARTNERSHIP heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned JAMES WHALEY SHEPHERD and WILLIAM AYRTON, carrying on business at the [[Gorebrook Ironworks]], Longsight, near Manchester, as engineers, toolmakers, and machinists, under the style or firm of "[[Shepherd and Ayrton]]," was dissolved as and from the 31st day of October 1890. All debtors due to or owing the late partnership" firm will received and paid by the said William Ayrton, who will carry the business his own account, under the. style or firm of [[illiam Ayrton and Co|Wm. Ayrton and Co.]] — Dated this sixth day of January, 1891. J. W. SHEPHERD. WM. AYRTON.'<ref>Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser,7 January 1891</ref>


* 1929 Private company.
1929 Private company.


* 1936 Balling machines, card winders and thread spooling machines.
1936 Balling machines, card winders and thread spooling machines.
 
1961 Manufacturers of textile winding machinery.
 
==See Also==
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* 1961 Manufacturers of textile winding machinery.


==Sources of Information==
==Sources of Information==

Revision as of 16:21, 4 April 2015

William Ayrton and Co of Gorebrook Ironworks, Longsight, Manchester

1870 Company founded.

1891 'NOTICE is hereby given, that the PARTNERSHIP heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned JAMES WHALEY SHEPHERD and WILLIAM AYRTON, carrying on business at the Gorebrook Ironworks, Longsight, near Manchester, as engineers, toolmakers, and machinists, under the style or firm of "Shepherd and Ayrton," was dissolved as and from the 31st day of October 1890. All debtors due to or owing the late partnership" firm will received and paid by the said William Ayrton, who will carry the business his own account, under the. style or firm of Wm. Ayrton and Co. — Dated this sixth day of January, 1891. J. W. SHEPHERD. WM. AYRTON.'[1]

1929 Private company.

1936 Balling machines, card winders and thread spooling machines.

1961 Manufacturers of textile winding machinery.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser,7 January 1891