Combe Barbour & Combe Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Combe, James
- Dunville, William
- Falls Foundry
- Barbour, James
- Combe Barbour
- Fairbairn, Naylor, Macpherson & Co Ltd
- Lawson, Samuel, & Sons
- Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe, Barbour Ltd
- Fairbairn Lawson Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Belfast, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Engine & turbine production exc transport
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Mechanical engineering
Textile & wearing apparel making machinery production
Notes:
Traced origins to c1845 when established at Belfast by James Combe and William Dunville as James Combe & Co, to make railway equipment. Known generally as Falls Foundry. Soon specialised in making machinery for flax processing and between 1880-1914 made stationary steam engines for mills. James Barbour a partner in the 1860s when known as Combe Barbour. Latterly known as Combe Barbour & Combe Ltd. 1900 merged with Fairbairn, Naylor, Macpherson & Co Ltd and Samuel Lawson & Sons, both of Leeds, to form Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe, Barbour Ltd, manufacturers of machinery for preparing and spinning flax, hemp and jute. Later renamed Fairbairn Lawson Ltd
Publications:
- Falls Foundry, 1900-14. A textile machinery firm in Belfast by Lindsay, Jean
- Falls Foundry, Belfast, 1845-56 by Barbour, W T
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Combe, James
- Dunville, William
- Falls Foundry
- Barbour, James
- Combe Barbour
- Fairbairn, Naylor, Macpherson & Co Ltd
- Lawson, Samuel, & Sons
- Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe, Barbour Ltd
- Fairbairn Lawson Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Belfast, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Engine & turbine production exc transport
- Mechanical engineering Textile & wearing apparel making machinery production
Notes:
Traced origins to c1845 when established at Belfast by James Combe and William Dunville as James Combe & Co, to make railway equipment. Known generally as Falls Foundry. Soon specialised in making machinery for flax processing and between 1880-1914 made stationary steam engines for mills. James Barbour a partner in the 1860s when known as Combe Barbour. Latterly known as Combe Barbour & Combe Ltd. 1900 merged with Fairbairn, Naylor, Macpherson & Co Ltd and Samuel Lawson & Sons, both of Leeds, to form Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe, Barbour Ltd, manufacturers of machinery for preparing and spinning flax, hemp and jute. Later renamed Fairbairn Lawson LtdPublications:
- Falls Foundry, 1900-14. A textile machinery firm in Belfast by Lindsay, Jean
- Falls Foundry, Belfast, 1845-56 by Barbour, W T