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| [[Blaylock and Pratchitt]] of Denton Iron Works, Denton Holme, Carlisle built portable steam engines. | | #redirect[[Blaylock and Pratchitt]] |
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| Also see [[Pratchitt and Blaylock]] of Denton Iron Works
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| 1848 [[John Blaylock]] had established Long Island Iron Works in Carlisle.
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| 1859 The company was formed by [[William Pratchitt]] (who had been apprenticed at [[Benjamin Hick and Sons]]) and [[John Blaylock]] and was originally located at the Long Island Ironworks in Carlisle.
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| Tendered for a locomotive for the [[Ffestiniog Railway]].
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| 1864 With the expiry of the lease at Long Island, the company moved to the Denton Holme Iron Works.
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| John Blaylock's younger brother joined the company and it became known as [[Pratchitt, Blaylock and Pratchitt]].
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| 1877 John Blaylock died, and the company became [[Pratchitt Brothers]]. They began to manufacture agricultural equipment, railway equipment, steam engines, and grinding mills
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| Suppliers of all railway clocks on the [[London and North Western Railway]] main line and at all stations from Carlisle to Wigan. They also provided and erected the ironwork for a number of stations.
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| 1947 L. A. Mitchell became Chairman and Managing Director. The company became the Mitchell Group of Companies encompassing [[L. A. Mitchell]] Ltd., Pratchitt Brothers Ltd., Mitchell Craig Pumps Ltd., and Metal Propellers Ltd.
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| 1969 APV acquired the Mitchell Group and became as APV Mitchell Dryers and then APV Pasilac.
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| 1994 APV Pasilac was bought by the Morton Machine Company and becomes Mitchell Dryers Ltd.
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| 2004 Management buyout.
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| 2016 Mitchell Dryers becomes part of CAD Works Engineering Ltd. Manufacturing and assembly continued at the Denton Holme site until late 2018.
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| 2018 CAD Works moves to new premises at Kingmoor Park South, Carlisle
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| 2021 Kingmoor Park Holdings acquired the company, forming Mitchell Dryers (Kingmoor) Ltd.
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| Much of the above information is taken from the [[Mitchell Dryers]] website. See [https://www.mitchelldryers.co.uk/about/ here] for a timeline of the business <ref>[https://www.mitchelldryers.co.uk/about/] Mitchell Dryers (Kingmoor) Ltd</ref>
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| ==See Also==
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| ==Sources of Information==
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| <references/>
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| * British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
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| [[Category: Town - Carlisle]]
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| [[Category:Steam Locomotives]]
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| [[Category: Process Plant]]
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