Maclea and March
Maclea & March of Union Foundry, Dewsbury Road, Leeds, Brass and Iron Founders
Charles Gascoigne Maclea and Joseph Ogdin March
1825 Commenced in business when they ordered a cupola from Longden, Newton and Co
1834 Listed as iron and brass founders, flax and tow machine makers and manufacturers of hydraulic presses. Of Union foundry, Dewsbury Road, Leeds. [1]
See here for a drawing of a small fluting engine and lathe, and here for a drawing of a nut milling machine. These drawings were evidently published in 1842 in 'Practical Examples of Modern Tools and Machines' [2] The small fluting machine/lathe were made for turning and fluting the boxwood boxes used in flax spinning machinery. After turning in the lathe, the flutes were cut using a circular (milling-type) cutter. For fluting brass, the cutting disc was replaced by a fixed tool. The book also included descriptions of a fluting machine for long rollers for spinning machines, a screwing machine, a large lathe, and a planing machine to plane in both directions. See here[3]
Makers of machinery, including machine tools, hydraulic presses and textile machinery (mentioned in various Leeds directories, including White's Directory of 1837)
1848 Four machine tools by Maclea & March were described and illustrated in the 'Supplément à tous les ouvrages sur l'art du tourneur'[4]
See also 1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class 7.: Maclea and March
1884 Special boring machine for Hathorn, Davey and Co of Leeds (see Mechanical World & Steam Users' Journal, 27 March 1884).
1887 'DEPRESSION IN THE TOOL TRADE. The old-established firm of Messrs. Maclea and March, of Leeds, who thirty years age, stood in the first rank of the tool and machine makers of this country, not having been able for some time past to obtain sufficient work to keep their establishment running full time, and seeing no prospect of an improvement, have decided to finally close their works at once.' [5]
1889 'MESSRS OLIVER and APPLETON are favoured with instructions from Messrs Maclea and March, Flax and Worsted Machinery and Engineers' Tool Makers (who have disposed of the freehold), to SELL BY AUCTION, without the slightest reserve, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 12th, 13th, 14th. 15th, and 16th days of August, 1889, the CONTENTS of the UNION FOUNDRY, Dewsbury Road, Leeds. ....'[6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1834 General and Commercial Directory of Leeds
- ↑ [1] Google Books: 'Practical Examples of Modern Tools and Machines by Maclea and March, of Leeds; Messrs Whitworth and Co., of Manchester; and Messrs. Carmichael, of Dundee', published by John Weale, of London, 1842
- ↑ [2] TUGraz DIGITAL Library: Rennie, George and Buchanan, Robertson: Practical examples of modern tools and machines
- ↑ [3] Supplément à tous les ouvrages sur l'art du tourneur, Paris 1848
- ↑ Weekly Times & Echo (London) - 4 September 1887
- ↑ Newcastle Journal - Friday 12 July 1889
- [4] Technische Universität Graz: Link to plates illustrating several types of machines made by March & Maclea, from Rennie's 1842 book.