Smith, Thomas, & Sons (Rodley) Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Balmforth, Jeremiah
- Smith, David
- Booth, Jeremiah
- Ward, Thos W, Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Rodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Lifting & handling equipment production
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Mechanical engineering
Quarrying & stone cutting machinery production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1820 when established as millwrights and house furnishers by Jeremiah Balmforth, David Smith and Jeremiah Booth. Also manufacturers of gas fittings and winches. 1840 started to make cranes, later extending into travelling cranes, mobile excavator cranes for use in quarries, dockside cranes, etc. 1861 fully owned by Smith family [Thomas Smith] and in 1918 incorporated. 1939 control acquired by Thos W Ward Ltd
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Other Business Names:
- Balmforth, Jeremiah
- Smith, David
- Booth, Jeremiah
- Ward, Thos W, Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Rodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Lifting & handling equipment production
- Mechanical engineering Quarrying & stone cutting machinery production