Owen, Brazil and Holborow
Maker of steam engines, of Bristol
1893 Owen, Brazil and Co was established by C G Owen and John P. Brazil. Makers of German Bonzac cigarette machines under licence, Djinn marine engines, perforated plates for Spencer Moulton rubber railway buffers, hydraulic presses, castings and forgings.
1895 Cecil George Owen died
1897 H. G. Holborow joined the firm, and it became Owen, Brazil and Holborow
1901 Sidney Straker joined the firm which became Brazil, Holborow and Straker. The firm extended its Vulcan Iron Works in Chapel Street, St Philip's, and opened new premises in Grafton Street and Albert Road
1919 Sale notice: 'For Sale. Cotton Ginning Factory, situated at Delhi, consiting of :- 24 Double and 1 Single Gin (Platt Bros.). Engine by Owen Brazil & Holborow, Bristol. Horizontal Tandem Compound— jet-condensing. Cylinders 13 inch and 22 inch. Lancashire Boiler by Tinkers, Ld., Hyde (Manchester) ... Apply BREUL & Co., P.O. Box No. 27, Bombay.'[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - 9 April 1919