Title
Catalogue of machine tools made by Cunliffe & Croom Ltd
Reference
2023-583/1
Production date
1925 - 1935
Creator
- Cunliffe & Croom LtdBiographyBiography
Cunliffe and Croom of Manchester were machine tool makers. Although the business was advertised as being located in Manchester, they were actually located in Salford, at Broughton Iron Works on Edward Street, Broughton. They were makers of lathes, boring machines, milling machines, planing machines, and shaping machines.
By 1953 the company is known to have been a wholly-owned subsidiary of James Archdale and Co Ltd. In that year, the business was acquired by Staveley Coal and Iron Co as part of its acquisition of James Archdale and Co Ltd.
Scope and Content
Catalogue includes listings for boring, milling, drilling and tapping machines, Slot drilling and keyway cutting machines, Double spindle centering and facing machines, Disc grinders, Lathes, Boring and turning mills, Milling machines, Diving headstocks, Vices, Planing machines, Slotting machines, Locomotive wheel quartering machines, Drilling & trespanning machines, Axle brass boring machines, Turning and screwing machines, Pipe flange facing machines, Broaching machines, Bar straightening machines, Double seaming machines, Duplex honing machines, Wheel cutting machines and Gear hobbing machines.
Extent
1 item
Physical description
Good condition.
Language
English
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- Cunliffe & Croom LtdBiographyBiography
Cunliffe and Croom of Manchester were machine tool makers. Although the business was advertised as being located in Manchester, they were actually located in Salford, at Broughton Iron Works on Edward Street, Broughton. They were makers of lathes, boring machines, milling machines, planing machines, and shaping machines.
By 1953 the company is known to have been a wholly-owned subsidiary of James Archdale and Co Ltd. In that year, the business was acquired by Staveley Coal and Iron Co as part of its acquisition of James Archdale and Co Ltd.
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
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