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Thomas Broadbent and Sons
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Thomas Broadbent and Sons of Central Iron Works, Huddersfield
1864 Company founded by Thomas Broadbent
1874 Introduced large mill engines
1891 Engineers and produced Steam-Driven Hydro-Extractors. [1]
1895 Private company.
1899 Stationary steam engine for the Saddleworth Woollen Co, Delph.
1904-06. Produced a steam car. [2]
WWI Commenced building steam cranes up to 10 tons
1917 Advert. Hydro-extractors for drying textile goods. [3]
1927 Advert for clutches. [4]
1927 See Aberconway for information on the company and its history
1930s Ceased crane manufacture
1936 High-speed hydro-extractors.
1940 Advert for centrifugal clutches. [5]
1945 Advert for clutches for electric motors; centrifugal clutches etc. [6]
1960 Advert for controlled transmission. Clutches and couplings. [7]
1961 Engineers and iron founders and makers of hydro extractors, centrifugal clutches, overhead travelling cranes, laundry machinery and clothes holders. [8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners Directory
- ↑ Tolson Museum, Huddersfield
- ↑ 1917 Worrall's Yorkshire Textile Directory Advert p242
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1927. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p6
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p6
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p6
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1960. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p6
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10
- The Textile Manufacturer Year Book 1936. Published by Emmott and Co. Advert on p38