Carson & Toone
Other Business Names:
- Carson, Hugh
- Miller, Henry
- Warminster Iron Foundry
- Turner & Gray
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Warminster, Wiltshire, Wiltshire, South West, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
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Mechanical engineering
Engine & turbine production exc transport
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal casting
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Transmission machinery production inc millwright work
Notes:
Traced origins to 1816 when Hugh Carson and Henry Miller acquired Warminster Iron Foundry. Operated as 'millwrights, founders and smiths'. Made, inter alia, railings, mile posts, etc, and especially farm implements. By 1860 known as Carson & Toone. By 1870s specialised in ploughs, horse hoes, chaff cutters, hoists, etc. 1895 manufacturing oil and gas engines. 1903 sold to Turner & Gray who closed in 1909
Publications:
- Wiltshire Foundry, Warminster, 1816-1909 by Howell, Danny
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Carson, Hugh
- Miller, Henry
- Warminster Iron Foundry
- Turner & Gray
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Warminster, Wiltshire, Wiltshire, South West, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
- Mechanical engineering Engine & turbine production exc transport
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal casting
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Transmission machinery production inc millwright work
Notes:
Traced origins to 1816 when Hugh Carson and Henry Miller acquired Warminster Iron Foundry. Operated as 'millwrights, founders and smiths'. Made, inter alia, railings, mile posts, etc, and especially farm implements. By 1860 known as Carson & Toone. By 1870s specialised in ploughs, horse hoes, chaff cutters, hoists, etc. 1895 manufacturing oil and gas engines. 1903 sold to Turner & Gray who closed in 1909Publications:
- Wiltshire Foundry, Warminster, 1816-1909 by Howell, Danny