The photographs show the engineering bays at George Richards & Co and also examples of universal milling, drilling and boring machines. The images illustrate both the manufacturing process of casting and assembling parts, the final assembled products, and apprentices learning the skills necessary for the work. Photographs from George Richards & Co. 1950-1960
Illustrated catalogue of patent universal surfacing, boring, milling, drilling and tapping machines. H W Kearns & Co. Ltd, Broadheath, Manchester, 1939. Catalogue of machines manufactured by H. W. Kearns & Co. 1939
Collection of Churchill Machine Tool trade literature catalogues and a small number of black & white photographic prints of various machine tools manufactured by the company. Collection of Churchill Trade Catalogues and Photographs of Machine Tools 1965
Catalogues included; Illustrated Catalogue Linotype Parts and Supplies for English Models 3 and 4; The Linotype Manual; Linotype Decorative Material Supplementing Edition of April 1925 and brochures for The L&M Letterpress Perfector; Linotype Model 48. Five catalogues from Linotype & Machinery Ltd 1911-1964
Company archive of Linotype and Machinery Limited, its predecessor companies the Linotype Company Limited and the Machinery Trust Limited, and a variety of subsidiary companies responsible for manufacturing or selling composing and printing machinery or supplying consumables required by the printing trades. The collection consists of: Articles of Association, deed and mortgage registers, minutes of various meetings, employment records, stocks and share records, customer order books, correspondence, operation and service manuals, Linotype & Machinery machine registers, typeface specimen books, trade literature and brochures, various in-house publications (L&M News, The Grapevine, Linotype Notes and The Linotype Record), a collection of bound patents for machines and resulting improvements to them registered both in the United States of America and the United Kingdom. The collection also includes copies of documents relating to operational agreements with the Mergenthaler Linotype Company of New York. Business records from Linotype & Machinery Ltd of Broadheath, Altrincham 1860-1983
Linotype and Machinery Ltd - Deeds and Contracts, Linotype and Machinery Limited, Broadheath, 1895-1982 Linotype and Machinery Ltd - Deeds and Contracts 1895-1982
Brass connector with screw for early oxygen cylinder and fitting for rubber tube. Rubber tube adaptor for oxygen cylinder
Pressure gauge for oxygen cylinder, calibrated in atmospheres and cubic feet (for lo cu. Ft. bottle). By Schaeffer and Budenberg Ltd, Broadheath, nr. Manchester. Oxygen pressure gauge
A booklet for the care and adjustment of the Centurette two-revolution press. Also, a leaflet marketing additional pieces of equipment to increase the automation of the loading and printing process. Booklets relating to the Centurette two-revolution press 1947
A small collection of papers including a notebook from the Manchester Comptometer School, and two comptometer tables from the Churchill Machine Tool Co. Papers of a Churchill Machine Tool Co. Comptometer Operator 1940
Gauge for measuring 'pound pressure per square inch'. Circular, with number indicator, and a glass face. Encased in Brass. Manufactured by Budenberg Gauge Company Ltd, Broadheath, Manchester. With label: 'Gauge board reserved for Dr Hills of UMIST museum.' Gauge for 'Pound Pressure Per Square Inch'.
The collection consists of personal papers relating to the employment of three generations of the Whitelegg family at Linotype & Machinery, and includes a staff identity card, apprenticeship certificates, production notebooks, trade union membership cards and photographs showing various departments in the company. The photographs consist of official staff photographs, informal photographs of staff on outings, official photographs of staff at work and products, and informal photographs of staff at work. Collection of papers and photographs relating to employment at Linotype & Machinery Ltd.
Early trade catlogues with illustrations and a description of the machine tools manufactured by the company. Machine Tool Catalogues 1910-1935
Curtis Sparkes Collection, Broadheath, 1920-1980, development of machine tool industry in Broadheath Curtis Sparkes Collection 1920-1980
single vertical cylinder air compressor. Water cooled, totaly enclosed , flywheel, with a V groove and smaller flat belt drive pulley. Manufactured by Tilghman of Broadheath. From Grafton Works, Altrincham Single Vertical Cylinder Air Compressor
Line casting machine. Has 4 panels not attached. Manufactured by Linotype, Cheshire. Line Casting Machine
Pressure gauge for gas cylinder. 0-200 atmospheres, 0-10 cubic feet (for 1ocf bottle). Budenberg Gauge Company. Budenberg Pressure Gauge
Records relating to the business of Kearns-Richards, including order books, glass-plate negatives and films . Kearns-Richards Limited, Broadheath, Manchester, c1891-1971. Records relating to Kearns Richards Limited circa 1891-circa 1971
Collection of trade literature from companies including Cunliffe & Croom, Craven Brothers and Kearns-Richards, c 1930-c 1989. The Cunliffe & Croom catalogue of machine tools dates from the 1930s and includes descriptions of planing machines and horizontal milling machines, amongst other machine tools manufactured by the company. The Craven Brothers brochure documents the range of machine tools manufactured in the 1960s, at a time when the company had already begun to reduce its operations. The Kearns-Richards brochures date from the 1970s and 1980s. Collection of machine tool trade literature 1930-1989
Fitted wooden case containing: oxygen pressure gauge, calibrated 0-180 atmospheres and 1-10 Cuft. By Schaffer and Budenburg, Manchester. Also with: Beard's oxygen regulator (converted 1934 to high pressure for injector jet - see 1990-5036/0229) and fitting for connection of gauge to cylinder; regulator to cylinder and gauge regulator to cylinder. Oxygen pressure gauge and fittings