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Prospect Works / Foundry, Stanningley, near Leeds.
1854 Job Isles commenced in business at Farsley.
1869 Company established.
1882 April. Report of a break-in at the factory.[1]
1888 Steam crane for the Darlington Wagon and Engineering Co
1892 December. Report of a small fire at the core drying shed at Mr. Job Isles' Prospect Foundry.[2]
1893 Incorporated as a Limited Company.
1914 Manufacturers of electric, steam and hand-power cranes of every description suitable for docks, shipbuilders, contractors, quarries etc. [3]
1925 They appointed John Cawley and Co as their London agents.[4]
1928 The firm became a Leyland Lorry Distributor in 1928 and left the Crane Manufacturing business.[5]
1943 Gertrude Agnes Isles laid a foundation stone to commemorate the extension of the premises that at that time had 150 employees making munitions for WWII. [6]
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