From the 1905
Kelly’s Sussex Directory: -
Eastbourne
Water Works Co. Ltd.
A. J. Howard,
General Manager, 14 Seaside Road.
Resident Engineer, James Creighton A.M.I.M.E., 1b Bedford Well Road, Eastbourne.
Grace’s
Guide article abbreviated: -
1838: Company established by George Kent.
1848: Advert. G. Kent, Patentee of the Rotary Knife Cleaner, 329 Strand
and 101 Holborn Hill.
1862: Patent for the invention of "improvements in apparatus for
producing cocoa berries and other vegetable and animal substances to powder or
pulp, and for mashing potatoes."
1865: Patent for the invention of "improvements in apparatus used
when boiling milk."
1865: Advert. 'George Kent at his Warehouse for the applications of
Science to the Comforts of Life'
1866: Listed as 'George Kent, of No. 199, High Holborn, in the county of
Middlesex, Manufacturer of Articles for promoting Domestic Economy'
1868: Patent for the invention of "improvements in ice preservers,
refrigerators, and ice safes."
1873: Patent for an invention of "an improved combined carving fork
and knife-sharpener."
1876: Patent for the invention of "an improved apparatus for
cutting or slicing fruit, vegetables, and other substances."
1891: Released a water meter catalogue.
1908: New works at Luton for George Kent and Co.
1914: Mechanical and Domestic Engineers. Manufacturer of rotary knife
cleaning machines, ventilated ice safes and refrigerators, fluid meters for
water, sewage, air, gas, or oil.
1921: Merged with J. Blakeborough & Sons under the title
of ‘George Kent Ltd and J. Blakeborough & Sons Ltd.’
The article goes on to list other acquisitions and mergers up to 1974.
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