H. Widdop and Co

1929. 60 B.H.P. Two-Stroke Heavy Oil Engine.

1929. 30 B.H.P. Heavy-Oil Engine.

Widdop diesel engine with Scott (Belfast) generator at the Internal Fire Museum of Power

Exhibit at Internal Fire Museum of Power.

Exhibit at National Waterways Museum, Gloucester.

Exhibit at National Waterways Museum, Gloucester.

Detail. Exhibit at National Waterways Museum, Gloucester.

1943.

1953. Diesel engine.

of Greengate, Keighley.

of The Invincible Engine Works, Keighley.

See Herbert Widdop and his brother Ernest Widdop

1897 Produced i/c engines.

WWI Producing a semi-diesel two-cycle marine engine.

1916 'NEW HOT-BULB MARINE ENGINE. Messrs. H. Widdop & Co., engineers, of Keighley, have recently issued a new and interesting catalogue giving particulars of their marine oil engines. The special interest centres around the new type of hot-bulb engines ranging from 8-h.p. to 100 i.h.p. Several interesting features are incorporated in the new design. There is undoubtedly a growing demand for the semi-Diesel type of motor, and from the experience Messrs. H. Widdop & Co. have gained during the past 20 years or so in the production of stationary and portable oil engines, their marine engines should supply a want.'

c1924 The NEW farm engine introduced.

1925 New company. H. Widdop and Co Ltd. to acquire the Widdop Engine Co.

1940s A number of small engines produced primarily for auxillary power on ships.

1944 Advert for Diesel engines from 5 to 500 hp.

By 1955 was a subsidiary of Associated British Engineering; had developed 2 new engines which were becoming popular for tugs, coasters and other vessels.

1959 The company was taken over by British Polar Engines.

See Also

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Sources of Information

• A-Z of British Stationary Engines by Patrick Knight. Published 1999. ISBN 1 873098 50 2
• The Modern Diesel edited by Geoffrey Smith. Published by Iliffe & Sons 1944