F. Taylor and Sons
of Bolton Road, Pendleton, Salford. Also had a factory in Glazebury (1945).
They were best known for their snoop nosed crane the Jumbo, which was more a lifter than a crane.
1895 Company founded.
1938 Private company.
1945 Second works at Glazebury established. [1]
1946 Hydracrane. Based on an ex-army Morris transport vehicle with a strong 4 wheel drive chassis. It was powered by a 24 h.p petrol engine and had 5 forward gears and a reverse gear.
Onto this chassis they followed the original idea of a non-slewing jib with a simple hook raised and lowered by hydraulic rams. [2]
1947 Name changed.
'One of the most significant developments in the Taylor story was the introduction of the rotary coupling. Until that time, the cranes had 359 degree slewing capability, with hoses winding round the operator as he slewed. In 1956 a pillar device was invented round which the crane slewed. .... This system has since been adopted by every other crane and excavator manufacturer.'[3]
The 1952 O.S. map here shows the works on Barr Hill Avenue, off Bolton Road, Pendleton, which was a more salubrious part of Salford. The A6 East Lancashire Road now covers the site.
1959 Steels Engineering Products took over F. Taylor and Sons of Manchester who had developed a totally hydraulic crane.
1959 Incorporated into British Crane and Excavator Corporation.
1961 Belting and mobile crane manufacturers.
1970 became part of Coles Cranes
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ http://colescranes.awardspace.com/Coles-taylors-history-text-p1.html
- ↑ http://colescranes.awardspace.com/Coles-taylors-history-text-p2.html
- ↑ [1] THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF COLES CRANES - THE TAYLOR STORY