Crosby Valve and Engineering Co
of 42 Foley Street, London and Crosby Works, Ealing Road, Wembley
1885 Company founded.
1895 Advert. Steam engine lubricator. Stop valves. (Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Co of 75 Queen Victoria Street, London EC)
1899 Advert. Manufacturers of steam engine and boiler mountings. Lubricator. Gold medal in Paris 1889. (Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Co of 75 Queen Victoria Street, London EC)
1914 Private company.
1940 Advert. Safety and relief valves.
1945 Advert. Safety and relief valves.
1948 Licensed the Mason-Neilan control valves from Worthington Corporation of Massachussetts, USA[1]
1959 Bought Harborough Construction Co
1961 Manufacturers and designers of control valves, motor valves, safety and relief valves. liquid level, pressure and temperature controls. Oil refinery and chemical processing engineers. 200 employees.[2]
1971 Acquired by British Steel Piling[3]
1975 Sold off electric trucks division and this became Harbilt Electric Trucks and Vehicles
1976 Part of the Edward Le Bas Group[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times Nov. 2, 1967
- ↑ * 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times Dec. 1, 1971
- ↑ The Times Apr. 22, 1976
- Mechanical World Year Book 1895. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p20
- Mechanical World Year Book 1899. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p20
- Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p150
- Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p184