Tinker, Shenton & Co

Tinker, Shenton and Company, based at Hyde Boiler Works, Hyde, Cheshire (now in Tameside), England, were a firm of boilermakers, founded in 1872. The firm was at that date incorporated as a Limited Company by James Shenton, Richard Shenton and George James Tinker.[1]

Tinker, Shenton and Company
IndustryBoilermaking
Founded1872 (1872)
Defunct1928 (1928)
Headquarters,

Initially based at a workshop on John Street, Hyde, the firm soon moved to Hyde Boiler Works on Furnace Street in the Flowery Field area,[2] from where they operated until the closure of the firm in 1928.[3]

One of the pair of Tinker, Shenton & Co boilers at Queen Street Mill

Tinker, Shenton and Company manufactured Lancashire and Cornish steam boilers. Well-preserved examples of their Lancashire boilers exist at both the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum and the Queen Street Mill Textile Museum in Burnley, Lancashire, which has a pair.

References

  1. "Tinker, Shenton and Co". Grace's Guide. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. Kelly's Cheshire professional and trades directory. 1910. p. 811. External link in |title= (help)
  3. McEwen, Alan (May 2011). "Brass for the boiler". Old Glory: 62–64.
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