Gwynnes Pumps Ltd

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  • Mechanical engineering Pump & hydraulic machinery production

Notes:

Established at Essex Street Wharf, London, in 1849 by John, d1855, and James Gwynne. Later Holborn based. From early days manufactured pumps. 1882 for short time started private supply of electricity. Sometime business split into two separate entities. J & H Gwynne incorporated 1898. 1904 reorganised when two business reunited as Gwynnes Ltd at Hammersmith. Acquired by William Foster & Co Ltd in 1927, production moved to Lincoln. Acquired in 1960 by W H Allen & Co Ltd and subsequently traded as Allen Gwynnes Pumps Ltd

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