Aircraft manufacturer from Yeadon that produced two prototypes in 1932 but failed to find orders and concentrated on component manufacture until 1951
The late Peter Lowe rebuilt a number of engines at his Abbey Light Railway near to Kirkstall.
Manufactured a few commercial vehicle bodies
Metal working firm still going strong in Hunslet, operating in the former Mann works
Plane manufacturer Avro were founded in Manchester in 1910. During the second world war they established a large "shadow factory" next to Yeadon Aerodrome (now Leeds Bradford Airport).
Crane builder
Built a few cranes in Leeds,
Clayton, Son & Co Ltd had works on Pepper Road, the Moor End Works off Balm Road and the Dartmouth Works just off Dewsbury Road in the Hunslet area of Leeds. Key products were mill boilers, gas holders, water tanks and pipes, they also produced boilers for Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co, a member of the same group of companies.
Job Day & Sons Ltd; produced a cycle-car between 1912 and 1924.
Often known as GREENBAT this company made all manner of machinery including a number of battery locomotives in their Albion Works in Armley
Built a few traction engines in 1869
Mann produced steam lorries in all shapes and sizes from their works on Pepper Lane in Hunslet
Crane builder
Heavy machine maker
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Builder
Products
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A
AAL
Arrow Aircraft (Leeds) Ltd
Aviation/Military
Works History
ALR
P.N. Lowe
Rail
Works History
APL
Appleyard
Road
Aviation/Military
Works History
AT
A.Taylor and Son
Works History
AVRO
A V Roe (Avro)
Aviation/Military
Works History
Bram
Bramley Engineering
Crane
Works History
Bray
Bray & Waddington
Crane
Works History
CLAY
Clayton, Sons and Co
Other Items
Works History
Day
Day- Leeds
Road
Works History
GBAT
Greenwood and Batley
Rail
Road
Aviation/Military
Machine Tools
Works History
Jac
Jackson
Road
Works History
MANN
Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Co
Road
Other Items
Works History
SAP
Smith & Parker
Crane
Works History
TandF
Thomas and Foster
Machine Tools
Works History