Thomas Henry White
Thomas Henry White (1860 -1916)
1884 White set up his own workshop in Pendleton, Salford.
1917 White established Whites Injectors Ltd.
PS writes [1]
White learnt his trade at Gresham and Craven, a company noted for its injectors, vacuum brake equipment and, in their early existence, sewing machines. During the early 1880s, White collaborated with Harry Holden and Robert Brooke, both former employees of Sharp, Roberts and Co, the first supplier of Giffard's injector and shared patent rights on various developments of the original Giffard injector.
Holden and Brooke commenced their own business in 1883 in order to compete with Gresham & Craven, as did White, who set up his own workshop during 1884 in Pendleton, Salford.
White held a number of patents for improvements to injectors, water gauge fittings, and even vacuum cleaners.
His workshop prospered as the range of products increased. He died in 1916 and the business became a limited company the following year.
In 1945 they became Whites-Nunan Ltd, and extended production at a new site in Pendleton until they moved to Walkden in the mid 1950s, manufacturing items such as ejectors, valves and fire appliances.
The Company was bought out by Yorkshire Imperial Metals in 1963.
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- ↑ 4 Apr 2011