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 ] 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. In 1837, Henry Stothert, brother of the younger George, set up an ironworks in Bristol, first as Henry Stothert & Co., then, joined by Edward Slaughter, Stothert, Slaughter & Co. Slaughter had earlier formed Slaughter & Co. at his Avonside Ironworks, later and better known as Avonside. This works produced some substantial iron engineering including a swivel bridge over the river Frome, several of the first engines for Brunel's Great Western Railway and the Bristol and Exeter Railway, as well as 14 engines for the Brighton and South Coast Railway.

In the period from the 1840s to 1900 the Bath company expanded rapidly. Moving from earlier premises on the north side of the river Avon, to the Newark Street Works on the south-side, then, developing the Victoria Works in the 1890s which filled the valley between the river and the Lower Bristol Road. Some early work by Stothert can still be seen on the Kennett & Avon Canal in Bath, where two very elegant iron bridges span the canal with the Stothert name on them. However, it was in the 1840s that the firm began to develop the cranes which eventually were to make them a world name in crane building.

The crane was gifted to Bath & North East Somerset for the people of Bath by its previous owners the Bath Stone Quarry Museum Trust, founded by the late David Pollard, owner of Hartham Park Quarry and a historian. However, I've made some progress matched against the best photo of the coaler I've found. (photo from GE Sheds Part 2), showing: TCN says when this is completed it will provide a creative campus with a mix of units to suit 40-50 small and medium size companies.

Bath Western Riverside Overview". Bath Western Riverside Construction News. Crest Nicholson . Retrieved 20 July 2022.We run a Club Night Triples Competition for all members to join in. Quite competitive, but most importantly it is a chance for all members to get to know everyone, for new bowlers to play in a team of 3 and so to get to know some members pretty well, and for some merry banter about the quality of the last shot! "Oh Dear. One down now!!"

Stothert and Pitt were the ‘ Crane Makers to the World’. This is the title of a book written by Ken Andrews and Stuart Burroughs in 2004. In 1980, the then Director of the Science Museum, claimed that ‘ the contribution by Stothert & Pitt as a supplier of heavy engineering across the world was Bath’s greatest contribution to world history’. We organise social events ranging from coffee mornings to fun bowls competitions. All the family are welcome to join in. The four Stothert and Pitt Cranes on Prince’s Wharf are listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: Five examples of electric cranes provided in 1951 have been preserved by Bristol Museum Service at Princes Wharf. Mike Atherton and the team at King Williams College would like to offer their thanks to Eric and Marlene Smith of Swillington Rollers.The contract covers the full refurbishment of the historic buildings including new roof structures, replacement windows, and full internal reconfiguration to create 40,000 sq ft of workspace with ancillary retail and leisure facilities. One of the Melbourne Station Pier cranes, was reinstalled as part of the heritage interpretation scheme for the pier. [35] 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. This grant has been matched by the Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society, and the Trust that owns the crane. So we now have the funds to treat the metal components so it lasts another 150 years. Advert. Designers and makers of electric, steam and diesel cranes, concrete mixers, road making and quarry plant. excavators, ship's windlasses, winches and capstans etc. [27]

Richard Pearce, CEO of TCN, said: “Newark Works will once again be the entrepreneurial pride of Bath. We are delighted to have reached this point and welcome BAM on board to help us deliver our vision." Along with individual units there will be a range of meeting areas, break out facilities, and amenities to engender a collaborative and inspiring environment.Where some other manufacturers have struggled to retro-fit hydraulic conversions to old style rollers, we prefer to leave it to these two global companies who have spent millions in R and D making their rollers bulletproof enough to survive life in the construction industry.