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Joseph Richmond and Co
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Joseph Richmond and Co of Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London were engineers.
1876 Company formed by Joseph Richmond.[1]
?? Walter Whiting became a partner
1880 Made 'Gough's' printing machine. [2]
1883 Mentioned as Whiting and Richmond, engineers.[3]
1883 Patent. Joseph Richmond and Walter Whiting. 'method of actuating cross-cut saws'.[4]
1885 Patent. Joseph Richmond and Walter Whiting. 'machinery for sawing and cubing sugar loaf'.[5]
c.1887 Responsible for electric light installation at Whiteleys department store in London
1888 Hydraulic lift for the Columbus Monument, Barcelona. Four section telescopic ram giving a total lift of 134 ft [6]
1890 Steam pumps for fire protection. Image and details in 'The Engineer' [7]
1894 Richmond's lift with Carey's water economiser [8]
1906 Advertisement. Joseph Richmond and Co, Cirencester. Castings especially for Motor Cylinders and Bearings.[9]
1907 Bankruptcy. Company formed in 1891 to acquire the businesses at New Inn Iron Works, Burdett Road, Bow, and at Kirby Street, Hatton Garden. From 1904-06 the business was carried on at Cirencester.[10][11]
1910 Acquired by Marryat and Place[12]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Morning Post - Saturday 07 September 1907
- ↑ The Engineer 1880/10/22
- ↑ Islington Gazette - Monday 05 March 1883
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 24 August 1883
- ↑ Northampton Mercury - Saturday 05 December 1885
- ↑ The Engineer 1888/11/23 p.428
- ↑ The Engineer 1890/04/18 p333
- ↑ The Engineer 1894/07/13 p38
- ↑ Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard - Saturday 29 December 1906
- ↑ Gloucester Citizen - Friday 06 September 1907
- ↑ Morning Post - Saturday 07 September 1907
- ↑ The Times, Oct 18, 1950