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Williamson Brothers
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Williamson Brothers of Canal Iron Works, Kendal.
Makers of water turbines
William Williamson (2) and Benjamin Williamson
1856 Started making vortex turbines to Prof James Thomson's patent
1860 Exhibited Professor Thomson's water turbines; also showed several fixed engines
1861 Employing 67 men and 13 boys.[1]
1861 Exhibited at the Royal Agricultural Society of England meeting in Leeds - exhibited portable steam engines, threshing machines, patent vortex turbine, pumps, etc[2]
1871 Employing 64 men and 21 boys.[3]
1881 Employing 40 men and 21 boys.[4]
1881 Williamson Brothers purchased by Gilbert Gilkes and became Gilbert Gilkes and Co