Title
List of Engines at LCC and FSD
Reference
YA1996.933
Production date
17-04-1968 - 17-04-1968
Creator
- Courtaulds LimitedBiographyBiography
The original company had been founded by George Courtauld and his cousin Peter Taylor in 1794 and traded as George Courtauld & Co as a silk, crepe and textile business located at Pebmarsh in North Essex. However in 1816 the company found itself in financial difficulties and George’s son Samuel took over the business, after this it became known as Courtauld & Taylor. The business continued to prosper and as a result further mills were built.
Not wishing to remain reliant on natural silk Courtaulds purchased Patents for the processing and manufacturing of Viscose an artificial silk in 1904 and helped to further transform the fortunes of the company. Courtaulds Limited was incorporated on the 3rd April 1913 and had taken over Samuel Courtauld & Co Ltd as a going concern together with the premises, freehold and leasehold or of any other tenure.
The company re-registered as a public company on the 1st March 1982 and became known as Courtaulds plc. In 1998 Akzo Nobel agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Courtaulds plc which was approximately valued at £1,830 million. The company changed its name to Akzo Nobel UK Ltd on the 2nd October 1998 and was re-registered as a private company on the 15th December 1998.
Scope and Content
A series of copied handwritten and typed lists of mill engines along with copies of earlier entries from a ledger entitled "Constants" and "Nominals" related to mills previously owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation (LCC) and Fine Spinners and Doublers (FSD).
The modern lists contains the following details; name of mill; maker of engine; date; type of engine; general dimensions; pressure; fly wheel dimensions and rpm. The copied ledger contains further details; LAN; Constant; cylinder diameter and surface area. All lists have handwritten amendments added.
Extent
0.04 Linear metres
Physical description
Fair
Language
English
Archival history
Provenance unknown
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- Courtaulds LimitedBiographyBiography
The original company had been founded by George Courtauld and his cousin Peter Taylor in 1794 and traded as George Courtauld & Co as a silk, crepe and textile business located at Pebmarsh in North Essex. However in 1816 the company found itself in financial difficulties and George’s son Samuel took over the business, after this it became known as Courtauld & Taylor. The business continued to prosper and as a result further mills were built.
Not wishing to remain reliant on natural silk Courtaulds purchased Patents for the processing and manufacturing of Viscose an artificial silk in 1904 and helped to further transform the fortunes of the company. Courtaulds Limited was incorporated on the 3rd April 1913 and had taken over Samuel Courtauld & Co Ltd as a going concern together with the premises, freehold and leasehold or of any other tenure.
The company re-registered as a public company on the 1st March 1982 and became known as Courtaulds plc. In 1998 Akzo Nobel agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Courtaulds plc which was approximately valued at £1,830 million. The company changed its name to Akzo Nobel UK Ltd on the 2nd October 1998 and was re-registered as a private company on the 15th December 1998.
Subject
Conditions governing access
Open access.
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