Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co

January 1888.

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December 1889.

1894.

March 1903.

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April 1913.

Iron castings to line concrete culverts for new graving dock at Southampton. 1600 tons of such castings were provided by the company

1951.

1951. Sealing principle of Wiggins-type gasholder. From The Engineer 1951/12/28

November 1954.

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of Parkfield Works, Stockton-on-Tees and London.

Formerly Ashmore and While

1885 April. Announcement. 'ASHMORE, BENSON, PEASE, AND COMPANY LIMITED. This company proposes to take over from the trustees of Ashmore and White the business of ironmasters, gas engineers, and contractors, carried on by that firm at Stockton-on-Tees. It was registered on the 18th instant, with capital of £40,000, in £10 shares. The company will discharge the liabilities the said business. The purchase consideration is £7,415 10s. 11d., payable by the allotment of 965 shares, credited with £7 10s. as paid up, and £178 0s. 11d. in cash. The subscribers are:-
W. Ashmore, Stockton-on-Tees, engineer 100 Shares.
R. S. Benson, Stockton-on-Tees, engineer 100 Shares.
E. L. Pease, Stockton-on-Tees, engineer 100 Shares.
W. Whitwell, Stockton-on-Tees, ironmaster 100 Shares.
R. B. Benson, Torquay, 66 Shares.
W. F. Pease, Darlington, coal owner 65 Shares.
J. Wright, Stockton-on-Tees, engineer, 1 Shares.
The number of directors is not to be less than three, nor more than five; qualification, 200 shares the first are the four subscribers denoted asterisk [first four listed above]; the company in general meeting will determine remuneration.'

1886 'The Largest Gasholder in the World.— Messrs. Ashmore Benson, Pease, and Co., Limited, of Stockton-on-Tees have been constructing for the last eighteen months at their new works at East Greenwich the largest gasholder in the world. It is designed by Messrs. George and Frank Livesey, engineers to the South Metropolitan Gas Company. The height of it when inflated will be 174 ft., and the diameter of it 250 ft., and it is calculated to contain 8 1/4 millions of cubic feet of gas. It is constructed in four tiers, which telescope into one another, so that when not in use they lie flush with the ground in the concrete tank which is excavated to receive them. The area covered by the holder is rather more than one acre in extent. To keep the holder in its proper position there twenty-eight wrought-iron standards at equal distances round it, rising to the height of 178 ft., up which the guide rollers work, these latter being fixed on the holder. The total weight is approximately 1700 tons, included in which is a considerable amount of steel.'

1887 'Messrs Ashmore, Benson, Pease, and Co., of Stockton, have secured the contract for a new wrought iron bridge to be erected over the Wear between Byers Green and Willington.'

1888 Issued catalogue of gas-holders, scrubbers, condensers, purifiers, and all requirements for erecting and fitting out gas works and gas supplies.

1901 The company was absorbed by the Power-Gas Corporation which had been set up to acquire Mond's patents and processes for the production of cheap power and heating gas. Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co were acquired when Power-Gas Corporation was established for their experience as manufacturers of gas plant and engineers.

1914 Manufacturers of gas plant, blast furnace plant, coke ovens etc.

1951 'THE first Wiggins dry seal gasholder to be erected in this country was recently constructed at Alston, in Cumberland, for the Northern Gas Board by Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co., of Stockton-on-Tees. This atmospheric pressure type of gasholder was developed in the United States by the General American Transportation Corporation, and until recently was used mainly for the storage of petroleum vapours. It has now been adapted for the storage of chemical process and industrial gases at pressures up to 20in w.g.
In these piston displacement gasholders the sealing medium used to prevent the escape of gas through the annular space between the piston and the shell of the unit is a flexible impermeable synthetic rubber-coated fabric usually asbestos cloth impregnated and coated with neoprene. The asbestos cloth used is so made to give the strength required with a weave which will permit the coating to key through the cloth to give the maximum peel strength. Neoprene is used because of its high resistance to ageing, and chemical reaction. ..... As gas enters the holder the seal is first inflated and assumes an upward looped position, the pressure required for this being about 1/4 in w.g. When sufficient gas has been pumped the piston begins to rise and its fender meets the outer telescoping fender at a point about one-third up the height of the shell. As the piston continues to rise the seal rolls off the piston fender on to the telescoping fender without rubbing or abrasion. The piston and the telescoping fenders rise as a single element until full storage capacity is reached. ... Erection of the holder was begun on September 1, 1951, and it was ready for testing in the remarkably short time of eight weeks. The makers point out that simplicity in design was a contributing factor to the speed of completion, and the elimination of the heavy foundations required by the traditional kinds of holders also assisted in reducing the constructional period as well as the cost. The foundations, which took about a fortnight to lay prior to the commencement of erection, were built by a local firm.'

1953 Description of dry seal gasholder made under the patents of Wiggins (USA). Constructed at the Point of Ayr Colliery, near Prestatyn, for the National Coal. With its dischargeable capacity of 250,000 cubic feet, it was the largest of its kind yet built in this country, and was intended for the storage of methane. 'In this design of piston displacement gasholder a flexible impermeable synthetic rubber-coated fabric is used as a sealing medium. The seal is arranged in the form of a continuous flexible cylinder having its lower edge attached in a gastight manner to the piston circumference, and its upper edge to the inner wall of the shell about halfway up its height. The seal is made in two parts, which are connected together at the lower rim of a telescoping fender. This fender serves to prevent the rim of the piston rubbing the seal as it rises and falls, and there are thus actually two seal units - one between the holder shell and the fender and the other between the fender and the floating piston. .... The main shell is 79ft 9in diameter inside. ..... The gas pressure within the holder can be adjusted by concrete weights distributed over the piston top. In the Point of Ayr holder gas is to be stored at from 10 1/3 in. to 11 1/2 in w.g., and the piston is loaded with 864 concrete blocks, weighing 86 tons. An automatic levelling device is fitted consisting of three weights moving in guides equally spaced round the holder. Each weight is connected by cables to opposite points near the piston circumference and through the cables, the weight compensates for any eccentric loading on the piston.

1960 Advert. Castings. Member of the Power-Gas Group.

1960 As a result of the merger of Davy-United and Power-Gas Corporation Ltd, became part of the Davy-Ashmore Ltd. .

1961 Parkfield Foundries established to take over the plant from Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co Ltd., who had originally planned to shut it down.

1968 Fabrication of furnace shells for British Steel

1968 Whessoe took over the metal fabrication part of the business of Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co with help from the Industrial Reorganization Corporation.

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