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Ward, Haggas and Smith
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of Eastwood Works, Keighley.
Ward, Haggas and Smith were makers of machine tools.
1870 Company established, presumably as Hudson, Ward and Haggas
1901 Radial drilling machine [1]
1910 Description of 12" centre height lathe in 'Machinery'. Article by W. H. Haggas (address 26 Ashleigh St., Keighley)[2]
1911 Description in 'Machinery' of special machine for milling oil grooves in bearings from 4" to 24" inside diameter[3]
1920 September. Exhibited at the Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia with machine tools.[4]
1922 Principals: Fred T. Haggas and W. Haggas. Employees 200. Manufactures lathes and Bateman top-speed planing machines.
1937 Machine tool manufacturers. "Bateman" Top Speed Planers. "WHS" High Speed Lathes.[5]