Albany Pumps
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Albany Pumps are manufactured in Lydney
, England by The Albany Engineering Company Limited. It manufacturers pumps for industrial, petroleum, fire and OEM markets.
Albany was located in London until the factory was destroyed on the third day of the Blitz in 1941. The firm’s wartime wanderings included five years in farm buildings in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, before settling in the present 2 acre site at Lydney in Gloucestershires Forest of Dean (England) in 1946.
1930s, Albany bought the centrifugal pump business of J. Stone of Deptford, London.
1974, Handoll Pump & Engineering Co. Ltd and Associated Pumps of Croydon, London.
1980, Brooke Tool Systems Limited of Birmingham was acquired along with Warwick Pumps.
1987, Barcley Kellet Pumps of Bradford
1988, Crown Pumps of Feltham, Middlesex
1992, Stanhope Pumps of Bradford
1999, Stothert & Pitt
Pump division
2002, FF Pumps of Ireland
The original gear pump design has been developed into modern and reliable machines capable of working for up to 100,000 hours on important lubrication duties. As well as Gear pumps, Albany produces Centrifugal Pumps, Lobe, and Twin Screw Pumps (Based on Stothert & Pitt
Design)
A further licence to make twin screw pumps was acquired from Houttuin pumps of Utrecht, Holland in 1935, with manufacturing starting in 1936. Just a few years later about 1100 twin screw pumps were supplied to the RAF for use in RAF stations all over the world during World War II.
Stotherts were the leading in multiphase pump technology in the 1980s but the R&D expenditure did not lead to many pump sales and Stothert & Pitt, a company quoted on the London Stock Exchange, lost its independence and shut in 1989.
In 1999 Albany took over the manufacture of Stothert & Pitt Twin Screw, Centrifugal and Lobe pumps.
Lydney
Lydney is a small town and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is located on the west bank of the River Severn, close to the Forest of Dean. The town lies on the A48 road, next to the Lydney Park gardens with its Roman temple in honour of Nodens.-Transport:The Severn Railway...
, England by The Albany Engineering Company Limited. It manufacturers pumps for industrial, petroleum, fire and OEM markets.
History
The Albany rotary gear pump was created in 1901 in the Old Kent Road area of South London in a small workshop controlled by R. White & Co. Mineral Water Manufacturers. This workshop and associated brass foundry had already existed for about 10 years. In 1904 a patent (No. 25,222)"Improvements in or relating to Rotary Pumps" was obtained following 3 years of supply of standard pumps. Throughout the years various improvements to gear pump design have led to other patents and product features being developed.Albany was located in London until the factory was destroyed on the third day of the Blitz in 1941. The firm’s wartime wanderings included five years in farm buildings in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, before settling in the present 2 acre site at Lydney in Gloucestershires Forest of Dean (England) in 1946.
Takeovers
Over the years Albany has undertaken to increase its product range by incorporating other pump companies, some of whose trade names are still used today.1930s, Albany bought the centrifugal pump business of J. Stone of Deptford, London.
1974, Handoll Pump & Engineering Co. Ltd and Associated Pumps of Croydon, London.
1980, Brooke Tool Systems Limited of Birmingham was acquired along with Warwick Pumps.
1987, Barcley Kellet Pumps of Bradford
1988, Crown Pumps of Feltham, Middlesex
1992, Stanhope Pumps of Bradford
1999, Stothert & Pitt
Stothert & Pitt
Stothert & Pitt were a British engineering company founded in 1785 in Bath, England. They were the builders of a variety of engineering products ranging from Dock cranes to construction plant and household cast iron items. They went out of business in 1989...
Pump division
2002, FF Pumps of Ireland
Pump Manufacturing
The company continues to operate from its Lydney site, with a smaller manufacturing site at Bradford, England.The original gear pump design has been developed into modern and reliable machines capable of working for up to 100,000 hours on important lubrication duties. As well as Gear pumps, Albany produces Centrifugal Pumps, Lobe, and Twin Screw Pumps (Based on Stothert & Pitt
Stothert & Pitt
Stothert & Pitt were a British engineering company founded in 1785 in Bath, England. They were the builders of a variety of engineering products ranging from Dock cranes to construction plant and household cast iron items. They went out of business in 1989...
Design)
Stothert & Pitt Pumps
Stothert & Pitt commenced rotary lobe pump manufacture with a licence in 1919. Molasses and other viscous liquids were handled in heated pumps. Up until 1937, installed lobe pumps were still in use unloading molasses tank ships.A further licence to make twin screw pumps was acquired from Houttuin pumps of Utrecht, Holland in 1935, with manufacturing starting in 1936. Just a few years later about 1100 twin screw pumps were supplied to the RAF for use in RAF stations all over the world during World War II.
Stotherts were the leading in multiphase pump technology in the 1980s but the R&D expenditure did not lead to many pump sales and Stothert & Pitt, a company quoted on the London Stock Exchange, lost its independence and shut in 1989.
In 1999 Albany took over the manufacture of Stothert & Pitt Twin Screw, Centrifugal and Lobe pumps.