Joseph Adamson and Co
Joseph Adamson and Co at Hyde were boilermakers and crane makers.
1874 The company started in partnership by Joseph Adamson and Henry Booth as boilermakers
1881 Employing 62 persons.[1]
1887 Partnership dissolved. Henry Booth retired. '...Joseph Adamson and Henry Booth, carrying on business at Hyde, in the county of Chester, as Boiler Makers and Engineers, under the style or firm of Joseph Adamson and Co., is dissolved, by mutual consent...'[2]
1893 the firm started building electric cranes by constructing one of the first three-motor overhead cranes in this country. The firm also innovated the flanging of boiler ends by hydraulic machinery, and in addition to complete Lancashire and waste-heat boilers, manufactured flanged plates for many other boilermakers.[3]
1900 Booklet entitled 'Electric Overhead Travelling Cranes'
1900 Description and illustrations of 50-ton four-motor overhead crane for Armstrong Whitworth at Openshaw.[4]
1902 Made a 15-ton overhead crane for Ferranti Hollinwood works. This was thought worthy of comment by 'The Engineer' due to the expediency with which the crane was built and installed: Ordered 6th June, built and commissioned by 14th July, including production of castings [5]
1902/4 Joseph's sons, Daniel and Harold, entered into partnership with their father.
1920 The death of Joseph Adamson
1924 1 1/2 ton electrical overhead travelling crane with underslung bridge, for the Wolverhampton Corrugated Iron Co at Ellesmere Port[6]
1925 Daniel Adamson became sole proprietor of the firm with his two sons (Joseph and George) as partners.
1931 Description of 10-ton overhead crane for the Taylor Brothers and Co steelworks at Trafford Park. 'An important feature of this crane.... is that the crab is a one-piece steel casting, thus enabling the 50 or 60 parts which usually form this part of the equipment to be eliminated. A prevalent cause of slackness, noise and breakdown, is therefore avoided. ....'. Electrical equipment by Metropolitan-Vickers.[7]
1935 See Joseph Adamson and Co:1935 Review
1936 Joseph Adamson and Co Ltd was incorporated, a private company; subscribers were George Ryder Adamson of Hyde and Joseph Adamson of Cheadle Hulme.
1938 Adamson-Alliance Co formed for the purposes of amalgamating the sales and manufacturing organisation of the steelworks equipment divisions of Joseph Adamson and Co and the Alliance Machine Co of Alliance, Ohio[8]
1943 Adamson-Horsehay Associated was incorporated
1945 Advert. Manufacturers of boilers of all types. Cranes. Presswork. Welded fabrications. Part of the Adamson Group with Adamson-Alliance Co and Adamson-Horsehay Associated.
1951 Advert. Manufacturers of boilers of all types. Cranes. Presswork. Welded fabrications. Part of Adamson group with Adamson-Alliance Co and Horsehay Co
1960 Advert. Manufacturers of boilers, cranes, presswork, welded fabrications. Part of Adamson group with Adamson-Alliance Co and Horsehay Co
1973 Joseph Adamson and Co Ltd was renamed Joseph Adamson (Hyde) Ltd
1973 Adamson-Horsehay Associated was renamed Joseph Adamson and Co
1980 Joseph Adamson and Co. Ltd changed its name to Joseph Adamson Ltd
1982 Joseph Adamson (Hyde) Ltd was registered as a private company
1988 Joseph Adamson Ltd changed its name to Joseph Adamson Engineering Ltd but reversed later that year.
1989 Joseph Adamson Ltd changed its name to Joseph Adamson (Europe) Ltd
1992 Joseph Adamson (Hyde) Ltd had 5 trading divisions:
- Joseph Adamson (Vessels) Ltd - pressure vessels
- Joseph Adamson (U.K.) Ltd - fabrication division
- Adamson (Heat Treatment) Ltd - heat treatment division
- Joseph Adamson (Europe) Ltd - press division, the core business
- Property division
1995 Joseph Adamson (Europe) was not trading; it was a subsidiary of Joseph Adamson (Hyde) Ltd[9]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1881 Census
- ↑ The London Gazette 8 November 1887 Issue:25756 Page:5962
- ↑ Obituary of Daniel Adamson
- ↑ Engineering 1900/01/05
- ↑ [1] The Engineer 1902/08/01 p.121
- ↑ Engineering 1924/07/25
- ↑ Engineering 1931/06/12
- ↑ The Times June 15, 1938
- ↑ 1995 Annual report
- The Engineer of 20th August 1920
- The Engineer of 26th October 1900 p427
- Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p136
- Mechanical World Year Book 1951. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p136
- Mechanical World Year Book 1960. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p136
- Companies house filings