Bramah & Co
Other Business Names:
- Bramah, Joseph
- Bramah & Sons
- Bramah & Robinson
- Bramah, Prestige & Ball
- Needs & Co
- Bramah Manufacturing Co Ltd
- Bramah's Ltd
- Bramah Security Equiqment Co Ltd
- Maudslay, Henry
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Machine tool production
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Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering, general
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Safe, lock & key production
Notes:
Traced origins to Joseph Bramah, 1749-1814, inventor and manufacturer of his inventions. The latter included water closets in 1770s, lock making in 1780s, hydraulic presses in 1790s as well as the machine tools, also invented by his employee, Henry Maudslay, as needed to facilitate his production. 1813 known as Bramah & Son and later Bramah & Sons (1821) and Bramah & Robinson (1837). 1841 reorganised when engineering business hived off into Bramah Prestige & Ball and locks into Bramah & Co. From 1871 known as Needs & Co and renamed Bramah & Co 1904. Incorporated as Bramah Manufacturing Co Ltd in 1934, shortly afterwards being renamed Bramah's Ltd. Post 1945 specialised in low volume high security locks. Renamed Bramah Security Equipment Ltd in 1966. Continues
Publications:
- English and American Tool Builders by Roe, Joseph W
- Joseph Bramah. A century of invention, 1749-1851 by McNeil, Ian
- Joseph Bramah and his inventions by Dickinson, H W
- 'Joseph Bramah' in S Smiles, Industrial Biography. Iron workers and tool makers by Smiles, Samuel
- 'Joseph Bramah' in W Walker, Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Year 1807-8 by Walker, William
- 'Joseph Bramah. Multiple inventor' in E G Sempler (ed), Engineering Heritage. Highlights from the history of mechanical engineering. Volume 1 by Hoare, R A
- 'Wilkinson and Bramah' in J W Rose, English and American Tool Builders by Roe, Joseph W
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Bramah, Joseph
- Bramah & Sons
- Bramah & Robinson
- Bramah, Prestige & Ball
- Needs & Co
- Bramah Manufacturing Co Ltd
- Bramah's Ltd
- Bramah Security Equiqment Co Ltd
- Maudslay, Henry
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Machine tool production
- Mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering, general
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Safe, lock & key production
Notes:
Traced origins to Joseph Bramah, 1749-1814, inventor and manufacturer of his inventions. The latter included water closets in 1770s, lock making in 1780s, hydraulic presses in 1790s as well as the machine tools, also invented by his employee, Henry Maudslay, as needed to facilitate his production. 1813 known as Bramah & Son and later Bramah & Sons (1821) and Bramah & Robinson (1837). 1841 reorganised when engineering business hived off into Bramah Prestige & Ball and locks into Bramah & Co. From 1871 known as Needs & Co and renamed Bramah & Co 1904. Incorporated as Bramah Manufacturing Co Ltd in 1934, shortly afterwards being renamed Bramah's Ltd. Post 1945 specialised in low volume high security locks. Renamed Bramah Security Equipment Ltd in 1966. ContinuesPublications:
- English and American Tool Builders by Roe, Joseph W
- Joseph Bramah. A century of invention, 1749-1851 by McNeil, Ian
- Joseph Bramah and his inventions by Dickinson, H W
- 'Joseph Bramah' in S Smiles, Industrial Biography. Iron workers and tool makers by Smiles, Samuel
- 'Joseph Bramah' in W Walker, Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Year 1807-8 by Walker, William
- 'Joseph Bramah. Multiple inventor' in E G Sempler (ed), Engineering Heritage. Highlights from the history of mechanical engineering. Volume 1 by Hoare, R A
- 'Wilkinson and Bramah' in J W Rose, English and American Tool Builders by Roe, Joseph W