John M. Henderson and Co
Aberdeen Engineers of King's Engineering Works, 207 King Street, Aberdeen., maker of cranes, cable-ways and hoists, stone-working tools and machinery.
1866 Company founded by the father of John Macdonald Henderson - John Macdonald Henderson Sr.. The business was at Jopp's Lane, Aberdeen specialising in the manufacture of machinery and appliances.[1]
1871 Dissolution of the Co-partnery for sometime carried on at No.19, Jopp's Lane, Aberdeen, under the Firm of HENDERSON & ADAM, Engineers and General Blacksmiths; the sole Partners were JOHN M. HENDERSON and James ADAM.[2]
1873 John M Henderson manufactured the 1st Aerial Cableway in the UK.[3]
1878 King Street Engineering Works were built.[4]
1899 Contractor for the replacement Kew Bridge
1899 Designed an aerial cableway for the work on replacing Vauxhall Bridge
c.1902 Became John M. Henderson and Co
1903 Catalogue issued with illustrations of works carried out by the aid of the Henderson cableway.[5]
c.1910 Steam winch for Blondin cableway at Blaen-y-cae slate quarry, Nantlle. [6]
1922 The company made arrangements with F. G. Mitchell of the Mitchell Conveyor and Transporter Co, 45-50, Holborn-viaduct, London EC1 to undertake the manufacture of "Krom" crushers, "Maxecon" mills, and new type "Kent" mills for that company. Messrs. Henderson also acquired the joint selling rights of these machines.[7]
1924 Private company.
1925 Their London office was removed from 17, Cock-spur Street S.W.1. to Amberley House, 12, Norfolk-Street, Strand W.C.2.[8]
1929 Supplied 8 electrically-driven aerial travelling aerial cableways for construction of the Singapore Naval Base[9]
By 1954 part of Mitchell Engineering Group[10]
1961 Engineers and iron founders, aerial ropeways and cableways, cable drag scrapers, cableway drag line excavators [11]
Made mechanical handling equipment for Mitchells and coke oven machinery for a German group,
c.1971 receiver appointed to Mitchell Engineering. John M. Henderson and Co was acquired by Hambros which brought the company to market[12]
1972 Acquired by Gulf and Western Industries.[13]
1983 Company described as a supplier of coke oven machinery. Bill Slater was managing director. [14]
There is a hand crane at Gloucester Waterways Museum. It was rescued from the lock-gate making department of the Clacknaharry Maintenance Yard at the Inverness end of the Caledonian Canal. [15]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [1] Doric Columns (John M. Henderson)
- ↑ Edinburgh Gazette 14 April 1871
- ↑ [2] Doric Columns (John M. Henderson)
- ↑ [3] Doric Columns (John M. Henderson)
- ↑ The Engineer 1903/06/05, p 582
- ↑ Plate 185, ‘The End of a Revolution: The Last Days of Stationary Steam’ by Colin Bowden, Landmark Publishing Ltd., 2008
- ↑ The Engineer 1922/05/05.
- ↑ The Engineer 1925/07/03
- ↑ The Times Aug. 6, 1929
- ↑ The Times, Sep 09, 1954
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, Nov 29, 1971
- ↑ The Engineer 1983/01/27
- ↑ The Engineer 1983/01/27
- ↑ Chris Capewell Queens Park London