The late Peter Lowe rebuilt a number of engines at his Abbey Light Railway near to Kirkstall.
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).
Mainly a builder of hydraulic machinery at Croydon Works in Hunslet.
Crane builder
Built a few cranes in Leeds,
Aviation manufacturing commenced on Balm Road at Hunslet not far from the Middleton Railway. Between the wars built a few road vehicles.
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
In 1953 Henry Brown designed and had built a micro car in Rodley, a forerunner to Hunslet's Scootacar
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.
Royal Ordnance Factory was opened during the First World War making ammunition later to produce many of the familiar tanks such as Centurions, Challengers and Chieftains.
Made a few tools including rail benders.
Leeds firm producing small rollers for cricket pitches and sports grounds
Sterling Engineering produced a few cycle-cars powered by a JAP V2 8hp engine
One of the crane makers of Leeds producing steam diesel and electric cranes in their works next door to Joseph Booth in Rodley
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Builder
Products
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R
ALR
P.N. Lowe
Rail
Works History
AVRO
A V Roe (Avro)
Aviation/Military
Works History
Berry
Henry Berry
Crane
Works History
Bram
Bramley Engineering
Crane
Works History
Bray
Bray & Waddington
Crane
Works History
RB
Blackburn Aviation
Road
Aviation/Military
Works History
RET
Railless Electric Traction Company
Road
Works History
Rice
Rice
Road
Works History
Rodl
Rodley
Road
Works History
ROE
Charles Roe
Rail
Road
Works History
ROF(L)
Royal Ordnance Factory Barnbow
Road
Aviation/Military
Works History
Scr
Scriven
Machine Tools
Works History
SR
Swillington Rollers
Works History
Ster
Sterling Engineering
Road
Works History
TSSR
Thomas Smith
Crane
Works History