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1858-09-10 The Engineer - Leeds Exhibition

Page 208                                                      The Engineer                                                               Sept. 10th 1858

The Exhibition of Local Industry has been opened in due course at Leeds. The following are the exhibitors of machinery:-Class V. Iron and Works composed principally of Iron and Brass.- 1. Manufactured Iron: The Farnley Iron Company, iron masters, Farn- ley; Taylor Brothers and Co., ironmasters, Clarence Ironworks; the Monkbridge Iron Company, ironmasters, Whitehall road; the Kirkstall Forge Company, ironmasters, Kirkstall; Hood and Cooper, ironmasters, Pottery-field. 2. Machinery-Prime Movers: Carret, Marshall, and Co., engineers, Dewsbury-road; Burnley and Nichols, engineers, Victoria-road; William Kempe and Co., engineers, Hol- beck. 3. Machinery for Transport: Kitson, Thompson, and Co., machinists, Hunslet-lane. 4. Manufacturing Machinery and Tools: Joshua Buckton and Co., mechanical tool manufacturers, Meadow- lane-road; Maclea and March, mechanical tool manufacturers, Dewsbury-road; Greenwood and Batley, mechanical tool manu- facturers, East-street; Woodhead, Scriven, and Co., mechanical tool manufacturers, Marsh-lane. 5. Hydraulic Machinery: Wil- liam Denison, hydraulic press maker, West-street. 6. Ma- chinery and Parts of Machinery for Combing, Carding, and Weaving: Donisthorpe and Co., machine woolcombers, Larchfield Mills, Hunslet-road; Thos. R. Harding, hackle and gill manufacturer, Wilson-street; Greenwood and Batley, machinists, East-street; James Taylor, hackle and gill manufacturer, Victoria-road; John Combe, machinist, 22, Rockingham-street; John Milner, card maker, Dewsbury-road.-7. Machinery in General, as Applied to Industry: William Pearson and Co., machine makers, Little Nevile-street; J. and J. Ingham and Co., cut nail makers, 57, Hope-street; William Hill, cut nail maker, 73, North-street; Shaw, North, and Watson, mechanicians, Little Nevile-street; W. Westwood and Son, mill- wrights and engineers, Ingram-street, Holbeck; John Holmes, corset manufacturer, Park-lane; Richard Bayldon, surveyor, Methley; British Portable Gas Company (J. J. Taylor, secretary), 2, Bond- place; Schofield and Rice, manufacturers, East-parade.-8. General Metal Work and Ironmongery: The Dolphin Foundry Company, founders and stove grate manufacturers, Steander, East-street; Samuel Denison and Son, general whitesmiths, Sidney-street, Vicar- lane; John Ardill, card and clasp manufacturer, 2, Burley-place; the Kirkstall Forge Company, ironworks, Kirkstall; Thomas Green, general whitesmith and wire-workers, 135, North-street; John Beverley and Son, brass-founders, &c., 9, Mark-lane; Spence and Rayner, brass-founders, &c., 25, Swinegate; John Barron, clock- maker, &c., 107, Low-road, Hunslet; Edward Kirk, tinner, Kirkgate; S. Dixon, brass worker, 18, Swinegate; Thomas Hall, brass worker, &c., Basinghall-street; Josiah Haste, mechanician; Charles Wilson, sheet iron and zinc worker, 134, Woodhouse-lane; W. Edward Frost, brass founder, 28, Meadow-road.
           

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HathiTrust/The Engineer/1858/P232