Plating Co
of London, Sheffield, Wolverhampton, Stockton
Prior to 1869, nickel plating had not been practiced commercially[1]
1873 The company acquired the patent for electro-deposition of nickel from Isaac Adams, of Boston USA, the inventor; the patent was granted to William Brookes[2].
1879 Branch established in Stockton[3]. Power supplied by 12 hp horizontal engine; electricity provided by Weston dynamo electric machine.
1881 'The Plating Company of the Bishopton-lane Works, Stockton-on-Tees, have successfully plated with nickel three large cylinder covers for marine engines, on account of Messrs. Maudslay, Son & Field. The largest cover weighs nearly 1 1/4 tons, and is 6 ft. 6 in. in diameter. It was plated in the large nickel bath, and polished all over with perfect ease by one of Fenwick's patent portable polishing machines, which, for getting up metals of large dimensions or inconvenient shapes by emery wheels, &c., is an extremely useful tool. The same company have also just nickel-plated the whole of the bright parts of Sir James Ramsden's yacht engines, built by the well-known firm the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Limited.' [4]
1881 Successfully sued the Nickel Plating Co of Greek St, Soho, for infringement of the patent
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ According to several witnesses at the 1881 court case
- ↑ The Engineer 1881/02/25
- ↑ Northern Echo July 15, 1879
- ↑ Engineering 1881/04/01