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British Industrial History
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Weyburn Engineering Co
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Weyburn Engineering Co of Elstead, Surrey.
1919 March. Advert for Ricardo Slipper Pistons for engines; over 61,000 pistons already ordered; cast by H. L. Raphaels Foundry. [1]
1920 Mr. Hamilton Gordon, Proprietor of the Weyburn Engineering Co, responsible for the building of the engine, for the Penlee Lifeboat - The Brothers.[2]
1935 Public company.
1937 Engineers; aero engine accessories. [3]
Made engines for lifeboats (see photo)
WWII Manufactured parts for the De Havilland Mosquito. [4]
1961 Precision engineers, specialising in machining of camshafts, hydraulic pumps, governors and aero components. 750 employees. [5]
1975 Acquired Horstman Camshafts from Simms Motor and Electronics Corporation, a subsidiary of Lucas[6] and Creffield Blackstock[7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Autocar 1919/03/29 pXXV
- ↑ The Engineer 1922/12/22
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ Mosquito by C. Martin Sharp and Michael J. F. Bowyer. Published by Crecy Books in 1995. ISBN 0-947554-41-6
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, Feb 11, 1975
- ↑ The Times, Jan 15, 1976