Joseph Kaye and Sons
of Kaye's Patent Lock Works, Hunslet, Leeds, maker of oil can, and safety locks for various applications
of 93 High Holborn, London, W.C.1.
1864 Company established by Joseph Kaye
1891 Released a catalogue of their door fastenings. [1]
1891 Manufacturers of Steel Seamless Syphon Oil Cans. [2]
1895 Advert. Seamless oil can. [3]
1903 Catalogue issued on seamless copper and other oil cans for automobiles.[4]
1913 Advert for oil cans and lamps. [5]
1917 Advert. Seamless steel oil cans. Of Oil Can Works, Leeds. [6]
1920 Issued catalogue of oil cans. [7]
1926 Received an order from the Great Western Railway for 2000 of their latest patented automatic wedge locks, including also their new patented combined cam striking plates.[8]
1927 Advert for seamless steel oil cans. [9]
1959 acquired by Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co
1962 Joseph Kaye and Sons, maker of railway carriage locks, was sold to Associated Fire Alarms by Winget[10].
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1891/04/10
- ↑ 1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners Directory
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1895. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p24
- ↑ The Engineer 1903/06/05, p 582
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1913. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p427
- ↑ 1917 Worrall's Yorkshire Textile Directory Advert p265
- ↑ The Engineer 1920/02/27 p208
- ↑ The Engineer 1926/07/02 p26
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1927. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p150
- ↑ The Times, 16 October 1962