Easterbrook & Allcard
Other Business Names:
- Wilkes, James, Group
- Albert Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Hand inc edge tool production
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Mechanical engineering
Machine tool production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1843. Known as Easterbrook & Allcard from 1858. 1850s referred to as engineers and railway tool manufacturers, including machine tools. Incorporated 1897. Also made drills, dyes, etc. 1989 acquired by James Wilkes Group. Latterly traded as Presto Tools
Publications:
- 'Albert Works of Messrs Easterbrook & Allcard, engineers, machinists, tool manufacturers and merchants' in George Measom, Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Northern Railway; including the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire and Midland Railway by Measom, George
- 'Messrs Easterbrook & Allcard, Albert Works, Sheffield' in H Mayhew (ed), Shops and Companies of London and the Trades and Manufactories of Great Britain by Mayhew, Henry
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Wilkes, James, Group
- Albert Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Hand inc edge tool production
- Mechanical engineering Machine tool production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1843. Known as Easterbrook & Allcard from 1858. 1850s referred to as engineers and railway tool manufacturers, including machine tools. Incorporated 1897. Also made drills, dyes, etc. 1989 acquired by James Wilkes Group. Latterly traded as Presto ToolsPublications:
- 'Albert Works of Messrs Easterbrook & Allcard, engineers, machinists, tool manufacturers and merchants' in George Measom, Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Northern Railway; including the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire and Midland Railway by Measom, George
- 'Messrs Easterbrook & Allcard, Albert Works, Sheffield' in H Mayhew (ed), Shops and Companies of London and the Trades and Manufactories of Great Britain by Mayhew, Henry