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Creator

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.

Scope and Content
Two early machine tool catalogues for boring and surfacing machines made by the company at Broadheath.
Extent
2 Items
Physical description
The condition of the material is good.
Language
English
Archival history
Donated to the museum in 2014 by Mrs Erika Sparkes.
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Subject
Machine tools
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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