British Timken
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of Chester Road, Aston, Birmingham 7, division of the Timken Roller Bearing Company
- 1937 Makers of tapered roller, parallel roller and ball bearings. "Timken" Ball and Roller Bearings.
- 1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
- 1940 Advert. Tapered roller bearings.
- 1941 Works built on a green-field site at Duston, Northants, to produce roller bearings. At its peak over 4,000 people were employed in the factory[1].
- 1945 Advert. Tapered roller bearings. Associated company is Fischer Bearings Co of Wolverhampton.
- 1951 Advert. Tapered roller bearings. Of Birmingham and Duston.
- 1955 John Pascoe, MD of the British Timken Division of the Timken Roller Bearing Company became chairman of Aberdare Holdings[2].
- 1959 Sir Frederick John Pascoe became British Timken's chairman.
- 1960 Advert for slicer-loader from their operation at Dunston, Northampton.
- 1960 Advert. Tapered roller bearings.
- 1968 Tapered roller bearings by Timken Bearing Company.
- 2002 Production ceased at Duston; the works were demolished over the next 4 years.
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Sources of Information
- Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p202
- Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p240
- Mining Year Book 1960. Published by Walter E. Skinner. Advert p818
- The Engineer of 5th January 1968 p42
- Mechanical World Year Book 1951. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p240
- Mechanical World Year Book 1960. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p240
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- AA. [3] Image courtesy of Aviation Ancestry
