Riley Brothers
Riley Brothers Boilermakers of Perseverance Boiler Works, Millfield, Mary Street, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.
Riley's were world leaders in marine boilermaking. The firm of Riley Bros Boilermakers Ltd were in existence from 1869-1979 as a going concern.
At one time they employed over 200 people in which a whole community built up around the works. During the age of steam Riley Boilers were to be found 'in all four corners of the globe'.
1869 Company founded.
1885 Mention as contributors to the Stockton Distress Relief Fund [1]
1885 Produced a steam boiler for a yacht. [2]
1888 Produce Meredith's vertical boiler. (Described as of of Stockton-on-Tees). [3]
1890 Riley Brothers produced one vertical steam engine [4]
1914 Directory: Listed as Boiler Makers (of Stockton-on-Tees). [5]
1929 'A striking example illustrating the confidence now shown in welding as a boiler-making process forms part of the exhibit of Messrs. Riley Bros. (Boilermakers), Limited, Stockton-on-Tees. It is only comparatively recently that the classification authorities have recognised the electric and oxy-acetylene processes as legitimate, and it has needed this recognition to remove some of the dubiety with which the much older method of hearth welding appears to have been regarded by them. The example referred to above, and shown in Figs. 7 and 8, page 681, is hearth welded, and has been passed by Lloyds for a working pressure of 100 lb. per square inch. ....' See illustrations.[6]
1934 The firm were known as Stockton Chemical Engineers and Riley Boilers Ltd.
1979 Ceased trading.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The North-Eastern Daily Gazette, Friday, February 06, 1885
- ↑ The North-Eastern Daily Gazette, Thursday, April 02, 1885
- ↑ The Engineer of 15th June 1888 p483
- ↑ British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1914 p605
- ↑ Engineering 1929/05/31