| 词条 | Beeston Boiler Company |
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The Beeston Boiler Company was a manufacturing company based in Nottinghamshire, England which produced industrial heating units for a wide range of uses, including commercial, horticultural and residential applications.[1] It was founded on 10 April 1893 and its registered office was at Mona Street in Beeston near Nottingham.[2] Originally, the company name was 'The Beeston Foundry Company Limited'[3] but in 1923 the company changed its name to 'The Beeston Boiler Company Limited'. In 1943 it became a public company, and by 1961 was employing 850 people, and was at that time advertising itself as makers of cast iron boilers, garage and greenhouse boilers, hot water pipes, connections and cast iron valves.[4] The company was founded in 1893 by Henry John Pearson (1850-1913), in conjunction with his elder brother, Louis Frederick Pearson (1863-1943). Henry became the company's first chairman, followed by Louis after Henry's death. Louis Pearson then took on an important role during WWI when the company assisted with the production of munitions, eventually earning him a CBE.[5] The company occupied a 28 acre site adjacent to the Midland Railway Company's line in Beeston, which it first occupied in 1896, and which became known to local people simply as 'The Foundry'.[3] In 1910 the company became engaged in some form of legal action against the Midland Railway Company, with detailed records of the litigation eventually deposited in The National Archives.[6] The company ran into financial difficulties during the 1970s and became insolvent; an administrative receiver was appointed in 1976. [7] Robin Hood boilerThe Robin Hood range of boilers was introduced around the start of the 20th century, with adverts appearing in The Times as early as 1912, both for the boiler and 'Beeston radiators'.[8] In the 1930s, two Robin Hood boilers were installed to provide horticultural heating in the large gardens at Calke Abbey in the 1930s. One of them, a New C Pattern model, was introduced by the company in August 1930. At Calke its six sections fed three circuits, providing heat to the mushroom house, the vinery, and the cucumber houses. The boiler remains on public view in what is now a National Trust property.[9] References1. ^{{cite web|title=Industry and Commerce in Beeston - an Overview|url=http://www.beeston-notts.co.uk/industry.shtml|website=Exploring Beeston's History|accessdate=23 September 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=BEESTON BOILER COMPANY LIMITED (THE)|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00038597|website=Companies House|accessdate=23 September 2017}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=Industry in Beeston, Nottinghamshire - Flowers to Foundry|url=http://www.beeston-notts.co.uk/pearson.shtml|website=Exploring Beeston's History|accessdate=23 September 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Beeston Boiler Co|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Beeston_Boiler_Co|website=Grace's Guide to British Industrial History|accessdate=23 September 2017}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=An Illustrated Guide To The Blue Plaques Of Beeston, Chilwell, Attenborough, Toton, Stapleford & Bramcote|url=http://www.beestonhistory.org.uk/BP%20final%20proof.2016.05.03.pdf|publisher=Beeston and District Civic Society|accessdate=23 September 2017|pages=8, 38}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Beeston Foundry Company Ltd versus Midland Rly Co and others |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1869477 |website=The National Archives|accessdate=23 September 2017|archivedate=1910}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=1 Insolvency case|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00038597/insolvency|website=Companies House|accessdate=23 September 2017}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=The Times from London, · Page 12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/33246984/|website=Newspapers.com|accessdate=23 September 2017|page=12|date=27 March 1912}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Calke Abbey Derbyshire|url=http://www.hevac-heritage.org/items_of_interest/heating/national_trust_properties/calke_abbey/calke_abbey.htm|website=www.hevac-heritage.org|publisher=Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers|accessdate=23 September 2017}} 4 : 1893 establishments in England|Foundries in the United Kingdom|Boilermakers|Companies based in Nottinghamshire |
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