Decline of James Ferrabee & Co
Despite the apparent breadth of the range, the number of products made and supplied by James Ferrabee & Co was decreasing significantly by the early 1860s. James Ferrabee left the business and it was briefly known as the Phoenix Iron Works Company in 1862/3, with George Wailes taking over the lease by the end of 1863.
According to H.B. Randall, the Ferrabees retained a small manufacturing presence at Port Mill Brimbscombe, mainly for experimental work, with the manufacture of many larger products such as steam engines contracted out. Randall also states that, according to indentures, that the family and its descendants owned the Phoenix site until 1923/4.
The Farmers' Farmers' Almanac
AND CALENDAR FOR 1861,
BY Being the Year after Bissextile or Leap Year. CUTHBERT W. JOHNSON, ESQ., F.R.S.
JAMES FERRABEE AND CO., ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS, MACHINISTS, IRONFOUNDERS,
AND MANUFACTURERS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, PHOENIX IRON WORKS, STROUD.
FERRABEE'S STATIONARY STEAM ENGINES, FROM TWO HORSE POWER UPWARDS, ARE DISTINGUISHED FOR THEIR SIMPLICITY, EXCELLENT WORKMANSHIP, EFFICIENCY, AND MODERATE PRICES.
FERRABEE'S IMPROVED 12-INCH CHAFF AND LITTER-CUTTING MACHINE
Is the most complete Machine yet produced for horse or water power. It is fitted with stopping and reversing lever, and every facility for adjusting the knives, and altering the length of cut.
Price, with Pulleys........ £16 168.
Smaller Chaff Cutters-£10-£7 10s.-£6 10s.
FERRABEE'S NEW AND IMPROVED SAFETY 2-HORSE POWER Is self-contained, undamageable, and of very easy draught.
Price *****. £14.
With Travelling Wheels ....... £18. PERRABEE'S IMPROVED GRINDING MILLS, PATENT HAYMAKING MACHINES, PATENT LAWN-MOWING MACHINES, PATENT SPANNERS, &c.
FERRABEE'S MACHINE WAREHOUSES, 75 AND 76A, High Holborn, LONDON, W.C.
Having made favourable arrangements with the Manufacturers, J. F. and Co. are enabled to supply, on the very best terms, all FIRST-CLASS IMPLEMENTS, Carts, Waggons, Wheels, and Axles, Stable and Cow House Fittings, Iron Gates, Fencing, &c.; and as they possess full information of the merits of all new inventions, purchasers will find it both convenient and advantageous to order from them.
J. F. and Co. invite special attention to the following:- RYFFEL'S PATENT HYGEIAN STOVE, by which, with only nine pounds of coal, a room can be thoroughly warmed and ventilated for 24 hours. It is adapted for Dwelling Houses, Churches, Schools, Granaries, Harness Rooms, Greenhouses, &c. Prices, from 25s. upwards. -
THE PATENT MOULDED CARBON FILTERS; the only perfect means of purifying water: from 3s. upwards. - PATENTSTEEL BELLS, for Churches, Mansions, Farms, &c., at one-third the price of bronze.
ILLUSTRATED PRICE LISTS SENT FREE BY POST ON APPLICATION TO
JAMES FERRABEE AND CO.,
75 AND 76A, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C.
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