Central Marine Engine Works
The Central Marine Engine Works of West Hartlepool and Hartlepool
1883 Company established by William Gray and Co to manufacture their own engines on site; they recruited Thomas Mudd from T. Richardson and Sons to set up the business.
1888 Conversion of engines in SS Suez. [1]
1888 The company of William Gray and Co was registered on 21 December, to take over the business carried on by the firm of William Gray and Co and the Central Marine Engineering Works. [2]
1893 Article about the works in Engineering
1894 Triple Expansion Engines for the SS Maori. Article and illustration in 'The Engineer'. Company is shown as The Central Engine works. [3]
1914 Directory: Listed as Iron Founders, Marine Engineers and Boiler Makers. [4]
1914 Marine and General Engineers, Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, Coppersmiths, Makers of Forgings and Drop Forgings, Machinery Repairers, Pump and Steamship Auxiliary Makers. [5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1888/02/24 p162
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Engineer 1894/02/09 p113
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1914 p713 & p605 & p660
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- Hartlepool Built [1]