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[[Image:1891_Worrall_p176.jpg|thumb| 1891. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im18950726PE-Whiteley.jpg|thumb| July 1895. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im1899MWYB-Whiteley.jpg|thumb| 1899. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im1900MWYB-Whit.jpg|thumb| 1900. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im1903PEYB-Whit.jpg|thumb| 1903. 150kW Dynamo. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im191210PU-Whit.jpg|thumb| October 1912. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im191302PU-Whit.jpg|thumb| February 1913. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im1917Yorks-WMWhiteley.jpg|thumb| 1917. ]] | |||
[[Image:Whiteley01.jpg |thumb| Wm Whiteley spinning mule at the [[National Wool Museum]] ]] | |||
[[Image:Whiteley02.jpg|thumb| Wm Whiteley rolling and folding machine at the [[National Wool Museum]] ]] | |||
of Prospect Iron Works, Lockwood, Huddersfield. | |||
1850s Machinery business founded by William Whiteley (1820-1867), who had been a master cloth dresser<ref>1851 census</ref> | |||
1861 Iron and brass foundry and machine maker, employing 71 men and 32 boys<ref>1861 census</ref> | |||
==Sources of Information== | 1867 William died. Three of his sons, Joe, Charles and [[William Whiteley (1850-1901)|William]], took over the business. | ||
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1891 Makers of Tentering and Drying Machines and Return Steam Traps. <ref>[[1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners Directory]]</ref> | |||
1899 Advert. Return steam traps. <ref>Mechanical World Year Book 1899. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p11</ref> | |||
1917 Advert. Mill machinery including rotary pressing machine etc. <ref>[[1917 Worrall's Yorkshire Textile Directory]] Advert p156</ref> | |||
1932 Private company. | |||
1932 Advert for sale of machine tools and a cupola to make room for other machinery, on instructions from the purchasers of the business of William Whiteley & Sons Ltd.<ref> Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 12 November 1932 </ref> | |||
1938 Death of Joe Charlesworth, 'head of William Whiteley & Sons' in a road accident, aged 69.<ref> Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 4 October 1938 </ref> | |||
1961 Textile and machine tool engineers, manufacturing mules and finishing machinery for the textile industry. 500 employees. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref> | |||
Name plate. ('incorporating [[J. Charlesworth]]'). Exhibit at [[Armley Mill Museum]]. | |||
Name Plaque seen at Dorset Steam Fair 2007. | |||
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Revision as of 20:43, 21 January 2020
of Prospect Iron Works, Lockwood, Huddersfield.
1850s Machinery business founded by William Whiteley (1820-1867), who had been a master cloth dresser[1]
1861 Iron and brass foundry and machine maker, employing 71 men and 32 boys[2]
1867 William died. Three of his sons, Joe, Charles and William, took over the business.
1891 Makers of Tentering and Drying Machines and Return Steam Traps. [3]
1899 Advert. Return steam traps. [4]
1917 Advert. Mill machinery including rotary pressing machine etc. [5]
1932 Private company.
1932 Advert for sale of machine tools and a cupola to make room for other machinery, on instructions from the purchasers of the business of William Whiteley & Sons Ltd.[6]
1938 Death of Joe Charlesworth, 'head of William Whiteley & Sons' in a road accident, aged 69.[7]
1961 Textile and machine tool engineers, manufacturing mules and finishing machinery for the textile industry. 500 employees. [8]
Name plate. ('incorporating J. Charlesworth'). Exhibit at Armley Mill Museum.
Name Plaque seen at Dorset Steam Fair 2007.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1851 census
- ↑ 1861 census
- ↑ 1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners Directory
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1899. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p11
- ↑ 1917 Worrall's Yorkshire Textile Directory Advert p156
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 12 November 1932
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 4 October 1938
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE