Stothert & Pitt: Cranemakers to the World

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Mr Claude M. Toplis who was for the past fourteen years chief engineer resigned. Major E. G. Fiegehen was the remaining partner. [21] Ken Andrews and Stuart Burroghs (2003). Stothert & Pitt, Crane Makers to the World. ISBN 0-7524-2794-6.

During the winter some of us play indoor bowls at the Purnells Bowling Club whilst others play short mat bowls at local clubs. You can join any of these groups, new members are always welcome. After much searching for suitable photos I've been unable to find any additional clear photos of the coaler; albeit plenty of distance fuzzy shots! Eric possesses an almost stereotypical Yorkshire accent and, in conversation, will intersperse his words with 'lass' or 'lad' as the situation demands. "Here's a 4AR Auto-Roller. We put in new hydraulic equipment, renovate them and sell them on," Eric tells this lass, before whisking me on to the next machine, built by Stothert and Pitt Ltd. in the 1960s. His pride and joy is a Fowell roller, which had served the grass tennis courts of Wimbledon for forty years. "It was going to go in a skip," he says, in horror. A magnificent Barford and Perkins 3A Motor Roller from the 1930s was saved from a similar fate when Eric rescued it from a scrap yard ten years ago. Having restored it to its former glory, he donated it to the Shildon Locomotion Museum, near Consett in Co. Durham. We encourage all members to play in our teams but there is no pressure to do so and if you prefer to play social games that is just fine.Stothert & Pitt - Cranemakers to the World' by Ken Andrews and Stuart Burroughs, Tempus Publishing, 2003 & 2011, p.77 However, I've made some progress matched against the best photo of the coaler I've found. (photo from GE Sheds Part 2), showing:

The four cranes on Prince’s Wharf are the last remaining of a group of eight, erected in 1951 to serve the newly-built L and M sheds. Five examples of electric cranes provided in 1951 have been preserved by Bristol Museum Service at Princes Wharf. a highly prominent group of structures that are a focal point of the Floating Harbour, and of a scale and monumental form that has conferred them with emblematic status;

The Challenger tank was a development of the Cromwell tank chassis, so as to take the more powerful 17 Pounder gun. Stothert & Pitt built this tank and designed various modifications. [4] Lengthening the chassis from five roadwheels to six presented no difficulty for such an engineering firm, but designing armoured fighting vehicles was new to them and their efforts were not wholly successful. The new turret for Challenger carried the gun and its higher recoil well enough, but only by being nearly twice the height of other turrets for this chassis – making the tank a much easier target. The A30 (Avenger) tank destroyer was a similar development of a 17pdr gun on the same lengthened chassis, but had an open-topped turret 2feet lower than that of Challenger. During the development of Challenger, the prototype turret was first mounted on the even larger TOG 2. [4] Post-war era [ edit ] Historic England. "Newark Works (ex Stothert and Pitt)(Grade II) (1395130)". National Heritage List for England.