Robin Hood Boiler (C Pattern), installed at Calke Abbey, DerbyshireClose up of Robin Hood Boiler, Calke AbbeyRobin Hood boiler at Hales Hospital, Hales, NorfolkBlue plaque for Henry John Pearson, co-founder of the Beeston Boiler Company
The Beeston Boiler Company was a manufacturing company based in Nottinghamshire, England which produced industrial heating units for a wide range of uses, including commercial, horticultural and residential applications.[1]
It was founded on 10 April 1893 and its registered office was at Mona Street in Beeston near Nottingham.[2]
Originally, the company name was 'The Beeston Foundry Company Limited'[3] but in 1923 the company changed its name to 'The Beeston Boiler Company Limited'. In 1943 it became a public company, and by 1961 was employing 850 people, and was at that time advertising itself as makers of cast iron boilers, garage and greenhouse boilers, hot water pipes, connections and cast iron valves.[4]
The company was founded in 1893 by Henry John Pearson (1850–1913), in conjunction with his elder brother, Louis Frederick Pearson (1863–1943). Henry became the company's first chairman, followed by Louis after Henry's death. Louis Pearson then took on an important role during WWI when the company assisted with the production of munitions, eventually earning him a CBE.[5] The company occupied a 28-acre site adjacent to the Midland Railway Company's line in Beeston, which it first occupied in 1896, and which became known to local people simply as 'The Foundry'.[3]
In 1910 the company became engaged in some form of legal action against the Midland Railway Company, with detailed records of the litigation eventually deposited in The National Archives.[6]
The company ran into financial difficulties during the 1970s and became insolvent; an administrative receiver was appointed in 1976.[7]
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