Abbott and Co
Abbott and Company (Newark) of Newark Boiler Works, Newark on Trent.
formerly G. W. Weatherhogg
1875 Company liquidation. 'In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement, or Composition with Creditors, instituted by Thomas Abbott and Alexander Wilson, of the Northgate Iron Works, Northgate, Newark-upon-Trent, in the county of Nottingham, Boiler Makers and Copartners in Trade, under the style or firm of Abbott and Co., the said Alexander Wilson also trading solely and carrying on a separate business as an Engineer, at the Vauxhall iron-Works, No. 92, Wandsworth-road, in the county of Surrey, under the style of Alexander Wilson and Co.'[1]
1884 Built Newark Boiler Works.
1888 Issued catalogue on vertical, marine, Cornish, locomotive and torpedo boat boilers, handy hoists and tire-benders. [2]
1889 Showed their 'handy hoists' at the RASE in Windsor. [3]
1897 Capital and expertise introduced by Messrs. Wright and Ashbury and they become a limited company
1899 Reference to 'Newark Boiler Works and Messrs. Abbott's Foundry'[4]
1928 Thomas Abbot retires and his son Robert Evelyn Abbott takes over the company
1965 Thomas Abbott (2) takes over the business from his father Robert
1974 John Price takes over the company
1985 Henry Price takes over the business from his father John
2014 Company remains trading. Details at the Abbott and Co web site
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [1] The London Gazette Publication date:2 November 1875 Issue:24262 Page:5250
- ↑ The Engineer of 27th April 1888 p338
- ↑ The Engineer 1889/06/28
- ↑ Lincolnshire Chronicle - Friday 06 October 1899