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Eagle Kitchen Range and Grate Company

Paul B

Paul B

proper brummie kid
Recently came across this old ad from 1907. To manufacture this type of installation it must have been a fairly large concern. Does anyone know of any photographs of the site?
 

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Hi, does anyone have any information on this company.

I know the works was at the end of Catherine street on the canal and the concern was taken over by Joe Wright and ultimately Radiation

The thing that perplexed me is there is so little information on this company despite them being the premier manufacturer of cooking apparatus probably in the world.

Their ranges could be found in practically every royal palace and stately home and remain in many of them to this day.

Yet I can barely find a reference to them

I see on the map that they didn’t appear to occupy particularly large premises which I find interesting

would love to hear from anyone that has any information at all on this firm
 
From 1857 to 1880 the Eagle Foundry manufactured all the wall post boxes installed by the Post Office, many are still in use. The owners in 1857 were Smith & Hawkes who sold out to Bernard P Walker ca1872/3. I think it was Walker who incorporated the business as the Eagle Range & Foundry Co which became the Eagle Range & Grate Co after losing the Post Office contract in 1881.

They also made pillar boxes, notably the splendid 'fluted' design from 1856/7 - examples can been seen in use in Warwick, Malvern and, of course, Solihull.

An illustration of the foundry can be found online, when the proprietors were Dearman & Francis. I think this dates to 1895: https://www.superstock.com/asset/en...rmingham-william-whitmore-engineer/1895-25455

Here is the nameplate on one of the last of the company's post boxes:1686989996511.png
 
Phil Wood said:
From 1857 to 1880 the Eagle Foundry manufactured all the wall post boxes installed by the Post Office, many are still in use. The owners in 1857 were Smith & Hawkes who sold out to Bernard P Walker ca1872/3. I think it was Walker who incorporated the business as the Eagle Range & Foundry Co which became the Eagle Range & Grate Co after losing the Post Office contract in 1881.

They also made pillar boxes, notably the splendid 'fluted' design from 1856/7 - examples can been seen in use in Warwick, Malvern and, of course, Solihull.

An illustration of the foundry can be found online, when the proprietors were Dearman & Francis. I think this dates to 1895: https://www.superstock.com/asset/en...rmingham-william-whitmore-engineer/1895-25455

Here is the nameplate on one of the last of the company's post boxes:View attachment 180979
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Phil Wood said:
From 1857 to 1880 the Eagle Foundry manufactured all the wall post boxes installed by the Post Office, many are still in use. The owners in 1857 were Smith & Hawkes who sold out to Bernard P Walker ca1872/3. I think it was Walker who incorporated the business as the Eagle Range & Foundry Co which became the Eagle Range & Grate Co after losing the Post Office contract in 1881.

They also made pillar boxes, notably the splendid 'fluted' design from 1856/7 - examples can been seen in use in Warwick, Malvern and, of course, Solihull.

An illustration of the foundry can be found online, when the proprietors were Dearman & Francis. I think this dates to 1895: https://www.superstock.com/asset/en...rmingham-william-whitmore-engineer/1895-25455

Here is the nameplate on one of the last of the company's post boxes:View attachment 180979
Click to expand...
Phil Wood said:
From 1857 to 1880 the Eagle Foundry manufactured all the wall post boxes installed by the Post Office, many are still in use. The owners in 1857 were Smith & Hawkes who sold out to Bernard P Walker ca1872/3. I think it was Walker who incorporated the business as the Eagle Range & Foundry Co which became the Eagle Range & Grate Co after losing the Post Office contract in 1881.

They also made pillar boxes, notably the splendid 'fluted' design from 1856/7 - examples can been seen in use in Warwick, Malvern and, of course, Solihull.

An illustration of the foundry can be found online, when the proprietors were Dearman & Francis. I think this dates to 1895: https://www.superstock.com/asset/en...rmingham-william-whitmore-engineer/1895-25455

Here is the nameplate on one of the last of the company's post boxes:View attachment 180979
Click to expand...
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This post box is located at Malvern Central station
 
Interesting that in March 1913 the Chairman and MD of John Wright and Eagle Range, HJ Yates, warned that if workers were not prepared to work in a more reasonable way than recently, then the firm would be compelled to establish works abroad for the purpose of portions of their goods, and closing a great part of the works in this country. Thus throwing many out of work.
 
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The H Yates mentioned above was the founder and first Chairman of Radiation Ltd. In 1893 he bought Arden Hill and Co.
An association with the Eagle Range and Foundry Co. was formed and the company was bought up in 1900 by John Wright and Co. with the understanding that Yates should manage the whole group, and in 1908 he became Chairman.
 
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