Groom & Tattersall

Groom & Tattersall was a company of ironfounders and engineers in Towcester, Northamptonshire.[1]

Company registrations

The company was founded in 1900 by Alfred Rishworth Tattersall (1863-July 1949) as Messrs. Groom and Tattersall, Ltd.,[2] although the oldest records go back to 1876.[3] On 27 April 1918, Groom & Tattersall, Limited was registered at Station Works Tiffield Road in Towcester, Northamptonshire.[4]

Inventions, awards and products

Petrolia petrol locomotive of the Blakesley Miniature Railway

Alfred Rishworth Tattersall invented an improved apparatus for distilling wood, peat and other substances,[5] and a centrifugal dresser.[6] He received in 1917 the John Scott Award on behalf of City of Philadelphia for his Midget Marvel Flour Mill.[7] This was a small and simple flour mill for farming communities, in which water mills had been abandoned.[8] The company built for instance the Petrolia petrol locomotive for the Blakesley Miniature Railway.

References

  1. ^ Towcester Rural District, Northants: The Official Guide. Town Hall. 1968. p. 14.
  2. ^ 1950 Obituary: Alfred Rishworth Tattersall In: 1950 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Obituaries reproduced in Graces's Guide.
  3. ^ The National Archives: Groom & Tattersall Ltd, ironfounders and engineers, Towcester - Accounts, photographs, factory inspection reports. Reference: 2010/154.
  4. ^ Groom & Tattersall, Limited on DueDil.
  5. ^ GB Patent 191205343A.
  6. ^ US Patent 1037839A.
  7. ^ John Scott Award, 1911-1920.
  8. ^ Award of the John Scott Legacy Medals and premiums and of the Edward Longstreth Medal of Merit. Science, 23 Nov 1917, Vol. 46, Issue 1195, pp. 508-509. DOI: 10.1126/science.46.1195.508