W. H. Allen and Co
of York Street Works, Lambeth, London, S.E., later of Bedford.
1880 Company established by William Henry Allen at York Street Works, Lambeth, London.
1881 Employing 55 men [1]
1889 William took his son Richard into partnership.
1893 Son Richard retired
1894 Queen's works constructed at Bedford; business moved there from Lambeth. Name changed to W. H. Allen Son and Co.
1894 Catalogue of Condensing plant. (W. H. Allen of Lambeth). [2]
1896 Carried out all the electric lighting work for Harland and Wolff of Belfast[3]
1900 Incorporated as a limited company (W. H. Allen Son and Co Ltd). The company was registered on 29 July, to acquire a business of mechanical, hydraulic and electrical engineers. [4]
1900 Catalogue of two-crank enclosed compound engine. [5]
1900 Supplied condensing plant for the Port Dundas Electricity Supply Works in Glasgow (W. H. Allen and Son). [6]
1904 Supplied steam-driven centrifugal pump for Kobe Floating Dock, Japan. [7]
1908 Two sets of irrigation pumps supplied to Egypt consisting of compound steam engines and a turbine pump in one case and a Conqueror pump in the other[8].
1914 Mechanical, hydraulic and electrical engineers. Specialities: high-speed steam engines, centrifugal pumps and pumping engines for irrigation, drainage etc.; auxiliary machinery in connection with warships and the mercantile marine; independent condensing plants, turbine pumps, motors and dynamo electric machinery. Employees 1,000. [9]
1920 Name changed to W. H. Allen, Sons and Co Ltd
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1881 Census
- ↑ The Engineer of 27th April 1894 p360
- ↑ The Engineer 1896/07/10
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Engineer of 23rd February 1900. p264
- ↑ The Engineer of 14th September 1900 p253
- ↑ The Engineer of 22nd July 2004
- ↑ The Times, 6 May 1908
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book