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.
Brush (Loughborough) was previously known as the Falcon works and they built a few Leeds trams as sub-contractors.
Made a few Blenkinsop type of locos
Mainly a builder of hydraulic machinery at Croydon Works in Hunslet.
Based in Caernarfon this firm built a few vertical boilered locos mainly for the slate industry.
EB Wilson's Railway Foundry produced locomotives for many of the early railway comapnies as well as a number of overseas orders including several important orders for Spain and India. Many of their locomotives were based on the popular Jenny Lind design. The company also experimented with marine engines and road steam.
Some items jointly built with Leeds builders
English Electric (Preston) previously Dick Kerr built a few items as sub-contractors for Leeds.
Made 'electric vehicles, trucks and locomotives' at their Prospect Works in Otley between 1914 and 1933
Built some electric locos, based in Otley not to be confused with the company from London with similar name.
Built a replica Quarry Hunslet
One of the best known of the Leeds firms having produced many notable designs such as the Austerity 0-6-0STs and the Quarry Hunslets, this company's varied products were supplied all over the world. Parts were also supplied to other builders including gear boxes to BR Swindon for the class 14 0-6-0DH locos. Babcock and Wilcox built a few Hunslet locomotives in Spain under licence.
Made an 8hp cyclecar in 1913 called "The Leo" which was sold by Derry & Toms of Kensington.
This is one of the mainline railway companies that was formed from some of the companies that operated into Leeds from both the north and east of the city. Some locos were built in the sheds at Leeds (Holbeck) before there was a dedicated workshop.
This company carried out pioneering work into Railless trams, or trollybuses as they became better known, from a small works and office on Balm Road.
The Korte car was produced by Rice & Co. Ltd of Low Hall Mills, Holbeck between 1903 - 1905
Charles Roe began by making trailers for locally produced traction engines produced and bodies for commercial vehicles in a rented works on Balm Road. They went on to make large numbers of bus bodies in a much larger works in Cross Gates.
Sterling Engineering produced a few cycle-cars powered by a JAP V2 8hp engine
Produced Dennell motorcycles from 1906 to 1908
Built some Austerity 0-6-0ST's at the Meadowhall works in Sheffield see Yorkshire Engine Co by Tony Vernon for more details. ISBN 978 0 7524 4530 4
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Builder
Products
Notes
E
AE
Avonside (Bristol)
Rail
Works History
BE
Brush Electric
Rail
Works History
Berlin
Johann Friedrich Krigar
Rail
Works History
Berry
Henry Berry
Crane
Works History
DeW
De Winton
Rail
Machine Tools
Other Items
Works History
EBW
EB Wilson
Rail
Road
Other Items
Works History
EE
English Electric
EEDK
English Electric (Preston)
Rail
Works History
Elect
Electromobile (Leeds)
Rail
Road
Works History
Electro
Electromobile
Rail
Works History
EXE
Exmoor Steam Rly
Rail
Works History
HE
Hunslet Engine Co
Rail
Road
Other Items
Works History
Leo
The Bishop and Fuller Manufacturing Co Ltd
Road
Works History
NER
North Eastern Railway
Rail
Works History
RET
Railless Electric Traction Company
Road
Works History
Rice
Rice
Road
Works History
ROE
Charles Roe
Rail
Road
Works History
Ster
Sterling Engineering
Road
Works History
West
West Leeds Motor Co
Road
Works History
YE
Yorkshire Engine Co
Rail
Works History