William Boulton
of Providence Foundry, Burslem
1852 Company founded.
1888 Supplied clay preparation plant, including a horizontal single-cylinder steam engine, to Burgess and Leigh, Middleport Pottery, Burslem. Still running when photographed by George Watkins in 1975 [1]. Engine has been preserved in situ.
1898 Private company.
1959 Company made public.
1961 Manufacturers of machinery for the ceramic and process industries. 250 employees.[2]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Plate 135, 'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain: Volume 5' by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE