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H W Kearns & Co Ltd Biography Biography
H W Kearns & Co Ltd was a machine tool manufacturing business set up by Henry Ward Kearns in 1907. The company went public in 1955, before becoming part of the Staveley Group in June 1967. The Group closed the George Richards factory and combined the two companies under the one roof at the Kearns factory, under the name Kearns-Richards.
George Richards & Co. Ltd Biography Biography
Manufacturer of machine tools, founded in 1880 by George Richards. The business was taken over by Tilghmans in 1896 but continued to operate as a separate company. George Richards and Co. Ltd. merged with H. W. Kearns and Co. Ltd in 1967, when Kearns was bought by Staveley Industries, who by then owned George Richards. The new company was named Kearns-Richards.

Scope and Content
A group of eight loose photographs of the engineering bays at George Richards & Co, Broadheath, dating from the 1950s and 1960s. As well as the engineering bays, the photographs show examples of universal milling, drilling and boring machines. The images illustrate both the manufacturing process of casting and assembling parts, the final assembled products, and apprentices learning the skills necessary for the work.
Extent
8 items
Physical description
The collection is in a good condition.
Archival history
The donor was an employee of H W Kearns & Co, working as the superintendent in charge of the Experimental & Development Department. He worked on the machines which created the test plates and sample turbine blade which also form part of this collection. The photographs were acquired by the donor during his employment with H W Kearns.
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Subject
Engineering
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.
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