Rushworth and Co
Rushworth and Co of Sowerby Bridge.
1884 Description and engraving of boiler shell drilling machine. Two drilling columns, five-jaw chuck to take shells from 4 ft to 8 ft diameter [4]
1886 Description and engraving of a planing machine 'of exceptional strength and rigidity for the size of work which can be passed through it. It is designed to plane objects up to 7 ft. in length and 4 ft. 6 in. square.' It was made for Buckley and Taylor[5]
1888 Description and engraving of a multiple punch with an open gap to punch any number of holes at one stroke in plates up to 6 ft. 6 in. wide and any length. It was designed for William Bain and Co., Lochrin Iron Works, Coatbridge, for fence-making. [6]
1892 Description of a machine for shearing copper-plates, built by Rushworth and Co. The machine could cut plates 1 1/4 in. thick and 12 in. wide. [7]
1893 Large machining for machining plates on one side and one edge simultaneously (see photograph).
1894 Large Boiler Drilling, Turning and Boring Machine. Article and illustration in 'The Engineer'. Their customer was Davey, Paxman and Co [8]