Aircraft manufacturer from Yeadon that produced two prototypes in 1932 but failed to find orders and concentrated on component manufacture until 1951
Though based in Scotland this firm has a couple of connections to Leeds engine building, they built some Austerity 0-6-0ST's and were later taken over by Hunslet in the 1970s
The original Avonside Engine Company was based in St Philips, Bristol, and founded in 1837 as Henry Stothert and Company. This firm had got into financial difficulties and was liquidated in the 1880s. A new company was formed using the Avonside name as the Avonside Locomotive Works, It ailed again in the 1930’s and was one of the locomotive companies who’s designs were taken over by Hunslet Engine Co.
Builds a few replicas and rebuilt other locos
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).
In 1847, the engineer William George Armstrong founded the Elswick works at Newcastle, to produce hydraulic machinery, cranes and bridges, soon to be followed by artillery, notably the Armstrong breech-loading gun, with which the British Army was re-equipped after the Crimean War. In 1882, it merged with the shipbuilding firm of Charles Mitchell to form Armstrong Mitchell & Company and at the time its works extended for over a mile (about 2 km) along the bank of the River Tyne. Armstrong Mitchell merged again with the engineering firm of Joseph Whitworth in 1897. The company expanded into the manufacture of cars and trucks in 1902, and created an "aerial department" in 1913, which became the Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft subsidiary in 1920.
Built a few traction engines in 1865
Though based in Scotland this firm has a connection to Leeds engine building as the firm was founded by Andrew Barclay.
Engineering business in Burton-on-Trent supplied engines mainly to the local breweries, four rebuilt by Hunslet
Many Hunslet designed locomotives were built under licence in the workshops of Babcock & Wilcox located in Galindo (Vizcaya) quite a few parts were made by the Jack Lane works for these.
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.
Budapest company 51% owned by Hunslet
Often known as GREENBAT this company made all manner of machinery including a number of battery locomotives in their Albion Works in Armley
This is the name as later adopted by Andrew Barclay upon merger with Hunslet in Leeds. Many items carry a works number in the normal Hunslet range.
Later merged into the Kerr Stewart company
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
One locomotive in Howrah museum claims to be built by this maker in Leeds and is wrong. Further research has revealed the loco to have been made by Vulcan Foundry 3134/1915 as a 0-6-0CT for the East Bengal Railway as a pair (VF 3133/1915) used at Kanchrapura works. It now carries a spurious Indian Railway 3134 number and is preserved without the crane.
Made at least a couple of Blenkinsop locos by arrangement. They may have been built by Haigh Foundry also in Wigan.
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Builder
Products
Notes
A
AAL
Arrow Aircraft (Leeds) Ltd
Aviation/Military
Works History
AB
Andrew Barclay (Kilmarnock)
Rail
Works History
AE
Avonside (Bristol)
Rail
Works History
AK
Alan Keef
Rail
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
AW
Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd
Rail
Road
Aviation/Military
Other Items
In 1927, it merged with Vickers Limited to form Vickers-Armstrongs.
Bar
Barran
Road
Works History
Barc
Barclay (Kilmarnock)
Rail
Works History
BASS
Thornewill & Warham
Rail
Other Items
Works History
BAW
Babcock & Wilcox
Rail
Other Items
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
Ganz
Hunslet Ganz
Rail
Other Items
Works History
GBAT
Greenwood and Batley
Rail
Road
Aviation/Military
Machine Tools
Works History
HAB
Hunslet-Barclay
Rail
Works History
HAF
Hartley Arnoux and Fanning
Rail
Other Items
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
TAY
Taylor
Rail
Works History
Wigan
Robert Daglish
Rail
Works History