Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 115342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Difference between revisions of "Isles"

From Graces Guide
Line 29: Line 29:
1914 Manufacturers of electric, steam and hand-power cranes of every description suitable for docks, shipbuilders, contractors, quarries etc. <ref>[[1914 Whitakers Red Book]]</ref>
1914 Manufacturers of electric, steam and hand-power cranes of every description suitable for docks, shipbuilders, contractors, quarries etc. <ref>[[1914 Whitakers Red Book]]</ref>


1943 [[Gertrude Agnes Isles]] laid a foundation stone to commemorate the extension of the premises that at that time had 150 employees making munitions for WWII. <ref>Information provided by Ian Dobson</ref>
1943 [[Gertrude Agnes Isles]] laid a foundation stone to commemorate the extension of the premises that at that time had 150 employees making munitions for WWII. <ref>Information provided by David Wood</ref>


== See Also ==
== See Also ==

Revision as of 10:21, 27 November 2014

1888.
Crane at St. Kitts Sugar Corporation (St. Kitts and Nevis). Has been moved to St. Kitts Scenic Railway.
1911-1918. No. 8240. 10 ton steam shunting crane. Nb, Very late for a chain roped machine.
1911-1918. No.6473. 30-ton locomotive steam crane.
1911-1918. No.7390. 4-ton dockside crane.
1911-1918. No.7550. 7-ton steam shunting crane.
1911-1918. No.8140. 5-ton double-bogie type breakdown crane.
1911-1918. No.8156. Locomotive steam travelling crane.
1937. Isles Ltd Leyland service engineering works on the corner of Bradford Road and Cross Harrison Street, Stanningley.
13-ton hand-cranked Isles steam crane on a short 4-wheel bogey at Leeds and Middleton Railway (2008).
Fly-wheel on above crane.
Jib on above crane (2014).
Cast iron gas lamp with copper top converted to electricity in a garden in Pool in Wharfdale (2008).

Prospect Works / Foundry, Stanningley, near Leeds.

1854 Job Isles commenced in business at Farsley.

1869 Company established.

1882 April. Report of a break-in at the factory.[1]

1888 Steam crane for the Darlington Wagon and Engineering Co - see Darlington Wagon Co

1892 December. Report of a small fire at the core drying shed at Mr. Job Isles' Prospect Foundry.[2]

1893 Incorporated as a Limited Company.

1914 Manufacturers of electric, steam and hand-power cranes of every description suitable for docks, shipbuilders, contractors, quarries etc. [3]

1943 Gertrude Agnes Isles laid a foundation stone to commemorate the extension of the premises that at that time had 150 employees making munitions for WWII. [4]

See Also

Loading...

Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Leeds Times - Saturday 01 April 1882
  2. ↑ Leeds Times - Saturday 03 December 1892
  3. ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
  4. ↑ Information provided by David Wood
Retrieved from "https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Isles&oldid=687831"
Privacy policy Disclaimers About Grace’s Guide Contact Grace’s Guide

Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright © 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. The text of this web site is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Maintained by Sapere Software