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Joshua Buckton and Co
From Graces Guide
J. Buckton and Co of Wellhouse Foundry, Meadow Road, Leeds.
1838 Foundry first thought to be active on 'Well House' site. [1]
1842 Company established by Joshua Buckton.
1851 Employing 80 persons. [2]
1865 Slotting Machine. Exhibit at Armley Mill Museum.
1876 Rail paring machine at Landore Siemens Steel Co. [3]
1876 Members of the Iron and Steel Institute visited their machine and tool making works. [4]
1882 Incorporated as a limited company.
Joseph Hartley Wicksteed succeeded Joshua Buckton as head of the firm
1894 Double Cutter and Transverse Action Planing machine. [5]
1911 Electrical Exhibition. Planing machine with electrical drive by the Lancashire Dynamo and Motor Co. [6]
1914 Machine tool and testing machine manufacturers. Specialities: heavy ordnance and turbine lathes, armour plate and turbine planing machines, universal testing machines of largest capacity, the Buckton testing machine. Employees 500. [7]
1921 Read an overview of the company in The Engineer 1921/08/12.
1927 See Aberconway for information on the company and its history.
1928 the machine tool business was acquired by Craven Brothers; the staff transferred to Reddish where the products were manufactured.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1921/08/12
- ↑ 1851 Census
- ↑ The Engineer of 15th August 1876 p180
- ↑ The Engineer of 7th July 1876 p10 & p13
- ↑ The Engineer of 27th July 1894 p76 & p82
- ↑ The Engineer of 13th October 1911 p388
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book