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Robinson Thwaites

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Robinson Thwaites and Co grew from a firm of "3 seniors, 50 men and 6 boys" in 1851 to "130 men and 13 boys" (as Thwaites and Carbutt) by 1871. Thwaites Brothers continued in production until at least 1914.
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Note: The patent for the Cambrian system was granted to John Jones of Bristol in 1848, which is sometimes given as the date of manufacture, but the firm of Thwaites and Carbutt did not exist at that time.
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Thwaites' work as a mechanical engineer was continued by three of his sons, Thomas Hirst Thwaites, Arthur Hirst Thwaites, and Edward Hirst Thwaites, all of whom became engineers in the firm.
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A fourth son who also worked at the Vulcan Iron Works, William Henry Thwaites, married Mary Ann Stuttard of Colne, Lancashire on 23 October 1879, but died in 1882 aged 32.
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and Co. It had a 36-inch (91.44 cm) bore, and a 54-inch (137.16 cm) stroke. That same year, the firm produced a coke crusher to prepare carbon for ironmaking.
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Thwaites Brothers were still in business as Engineers in 1914, continuing to make steam hammers, "Roots' blowers" (to ventilate mines) and assorted foundry equipment.
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published "illustrations of a Thwaites suspension pneumatic power 1/2 cwt. hammer of a new design, for planishing pipes and plates, for which we are indebted to
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Robinson Thwaites' father Thomas was a master plumber. Robinson trained as a plumber to follow in his father's business, and started to practice as a plumber.
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The pioneering engineering work of Thwaites and his partners is evident from the numerous patents they took out. One was for improvements to steam hammers.
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as Thwaites and Carbutt, and (in 1880) Thwaites Brothers, acquired a high reputation for its machinery used in the production and manufacture of iron and
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at Bradford, as shown in an 1858 lithograph in the Illustrated Commerce Guide. His firm, Robinson Thwaites and Co, later (1862) in partnership with
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From being purely a family firm, Thwaites Brothers had a professional managing director by 1895, Arthur Devonshire Ellis.
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whose cylinders had a 28-inch diameter and a 48-inch stroke. The firm exhibited an "air blowing machine" at the
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In 1866, Thwaites and Carbutt Vulcan Works manufactured three locomotives "of 0-6-0 type" for Boulton.
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Exhibition of New and Improved Mechanisms, Devices and Tools in 1875, alongside a similar one by
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http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1862_London_Exhibition:_Catalogue:_Class_7.:_Thwaites_and_Carbutt
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had two 25 foot diameter rotary pistons, each 13 foot wide. They were driven by a
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Another patent, taken out by Robinson's son William Henry Thwaites in 1877 with help from
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In 1877 Thwaites and Carbutt supplied a rolling mill engine (see illustration) for the
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In 1869, Thwaites and Carbutt supplied the engines for a reversing rolling mill at
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Graces's Guide, 1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class 7: Thwaites and Carbutt
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Thwaites' eldest daughter, Mary Elizabeth Thwaites, married the Chief Clerk to
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Grace's Guide, Thwaites and Carbutt of Vulcan Works, Thornton Road, Bradford
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In 1862, Thwaites and Carbutt exhibited a selection of machine tools at the
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Grace's Guide, Thwaites Brothers of Vulcan Works, Thornton Road, Bradford
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1728. THWAITES and CARBUTT, Vulcan Iron Works, Bradford, Yorkshire
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1841 Census, Public Record Office HO 107/1291/1 (Horton, Bradford)
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R. Thwaites and Co's Vulcan Works at Thornton Road, Bradford, 1858
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Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Biography of Edward Carbutt
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http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23262/pages/3322/page.pdf
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Thomas, Mary, Anna, William, Eliza, Arthur, Edward, John, Albert
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1871 Census, Public Record Office RG 10/4478 (Horton, Bradford)
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was using a Roots blower made by Thwaites Brothers.
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was for mine ventilation equipment, as installed at
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Bradford
Bradford
Vulcan Iron Works
Edward Carbutt
Bessemer process
London Exhibition
steam hammer
drilling machine
screw cutting lathe
planing machine
lathe
Landore
Eston
Bolckow Vaughan
Edward Carbutt
Chilton
Roots ventilator
steam engine
St Petersburg
Roots
Scientific American
Consett Iron Works
Thwaites and Carbutt Rolling Mill for Bolckow Vaughan's Eston Ironworks, 1877
Bolckow Vaughan
Thwaites and Carbutt Mine Ventilator, 1877

Ambrotype
Bow Street Magistrates' Court
John Alexander

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