J. Parkinson and Son
J Parkinson & Son (Shipley) Ltd of Canal Iron Works, Shipley, Yorkshire.
Some machines were sold under the Parkson brand name, others as Parkinson's Perfect Vise and Samsonia
1865 Joseph Parkinson set up in business in Bradford
1867 Company established.
1892 Joseph's son became a partner; the company became J. Parkinson and Son.
1893 Moved to Shipley
1894 presumably of 18 Chester st, Bradford
Acquired the Prince of Wales Foundry - renamed it the Canal Ironworks
c.1896 Moved to Canal Iron Works, Shipley (see advert)
1905 Advert. Gear cutting, boring and milling machines. [1]
1909 Machinery. Exhibit at Bradford Industrial Museum.
1909 Made the first Sunderland gear shaping machine, designed and patented by Sam Sunderland [2]
1911 Makers of Universal Milling machines. [3]
1912 October. Technical article on 'Testing Spur and Bevel Gearing' in Internal Combustion Engineering
1913 Advert for Vises (Parkinson's spelling) and Vise stands. [4]
1917 Advert for machine tools. [5]
1920 September. Exhibited at the Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia with machine tools including universal milling machines and four gear planers. [6]
Makers of the Sunderland gear planing machines invented by Sam Sunderland. See lathes.co.uk entry for Sunderland Gear Planers.
1927 Description and illustrations of a Sunderland gear planer in Engineering 1927/06/03. Capable of cutting double-helical gears up to 10 ft. in diameter and 24 in. face, with attachments for cutting spur gears with two cutters, and also for cutting spur and spiral gears with a single cutter. The machine was built to tho order of P. R. Jackson and Co, Salford Rolling Mills, for use in their works.[7]
1928 Milling machines at the Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition. See photos of 'plain' machine.[8]
1931 Description and illustrations of a Sunderland gear planer in Engineering 1931/05/29. Capable of cutting spur gears up to 15ft. diameter, 24in. face, 5in. C.P .: double helical gears up to 15ft. diameter, 24in. face, 1 D.P.; and single helical or spiral gears, either right or left hand, 15ft. diameter, from 10in. face at 30 deg. helix angle, to 15in. face at 0 deg. helix angle. The machine was also described in The Engineer 1931/04/17.
1954 The company was acquired by Crofts (Engineers) Holdings Ltd.[9]
Catalogues, 1899-1908 (3 volumes); centenary booklet and article, 1967.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1905. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p
- ↑ Engineering 1931/04/17
- ↑ Machine Tools by James Weir French in 2 vols. Published 1911 by Gresham
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1913. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p397
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1917. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p171
- ↑ The Engineer of 10th September 1920 p244 & p357
- ↑ Engineering 1927/07/01
- ↑ Engineering 1928/09/14
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - 16 July 1954
- [1] Manchester Archives