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Thomas Middleton and Co (London)

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1872. Murray's Continuous Delivery Brick-Making Machine.
1880.
January 1880.
January 1888.

Thomas Middleton and Co, Millwrights, General Engineers, of Loman Street, Southwark, London, S.E.

Murray's patent brickmaking machinery of Loman Street, Southwark, London.

See Thomas Middleton and his son Thomas Arthur Middleton

c.1840 Beam engine for Baker Street Mill, Orsett. [1]

1850s T. Middleton of London built a printing press, using Applegath's concept of stereotype rather than conventional type, for the Morning Herald.[2]

1866 Engine for booster at the South Metropolitan Gas Works, Old Kent Road

1874 Built a clockwork tram! This had coiled springs which were wound up by a steam engine at the depot. Did not enter commercial service.[3]

1881 Employing 200 men.[4]

1882 A sale of surplus plant and machinery at the Tide Mills, Sittingbourne (evidently a paper mill), included a 40 HP compound beam engine by Middleton.[5]

1907 Exhibited Murray's brickmaking machine

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Plate 59, ‘The End of a Revolution: The Last Days of Stationary Steam’ by Colin Bowden, Landmark Publishing Ltd., 2008
  2. The Times 1 Jan 1935
  3. [1] Tramway Information website
  4. 1881 Census
  5. East Kent Gazette - Saturday 14 October 1882