Vancouver Engineering Works Co. Ltd.

Allgemeines

NameVancouver Engineering Works Co. Ltd.
OrtssitzVancouver (Kanada)
StraßeSouth Avenue West
Art des UnternehmensMaschinenfabrik
AnmerkungenSeit 1907: South Avenue West.
Quellenangaben[Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston (2006), Internet] [Lloyd's Register of Shipping 2 (1910/11) 395] [Hamilton: Industries of British Columbia (1918) 97]




Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit Ereignis
1900 Gründung durch Übernahme einer kleinen, bestehenden Fabrik
1907 Umzug zur South Avenue West




Produkte

Produkt ab Bem. bis Bem. Kommentar
Dampfkessel          
Schiffsdampfmaschinen 1910 [Lloyd's Register of Shipping 2 (1910/11)] 1910 [Lloyd's Register of Shipping 2 (1910/11)]  
Schiffskessel 1910 [Lloyd's Register of Shipping 2 (1910/11)] 1910 [Lloyd's Register of Shipping 2 (1910/11)]  




Allgemeines

ZEIT1918
THEMABeschreibung
TEXTThis firm was established in 1900, taking over an existing small plant and removing to their present premises on Sixth Avenue West, in 1907. The area occupied by the works of the Company is approximately four acres. With a capital of one million dollars, of which seven hundred thousand dollars is paid up, the provincial directorate consists of George Giles, general manager, and Eric Davies, secretary-treasurer; the English directorate being Chas. Lancaster, H. F. Fernie and Hugh Gallaway. About 300 hands are employed at the present time. The principal products are steel and iron castings, riveted steel pipe, boilers, and mining and logging machinery in general. The steel and iron foundry occupies a building 60 feet by 320 feet. The steel foundry is equipped with a surface-blown converters, with a capacity for making steel castings up to 5% and 6 tons each. This is the only
steel plant in Canada west of Owen Sound, Ont., in which steel is manufactured from pig-iron by the Bessemer process.
In the iron foundry castings up to 10 tons are handled, the equipment including Rockover, power squeezers and jar machines, a 10-ton 40-foot span electric crane, 5-ton 40-foot span crane and two 5-ton pneumatic jib cranes. All kinds of steel are made, including chrome, chrome nickel, high carbon, vanadium, titanium and tungsten. Some very heavy steel-casting work is handled, particularly in dredge and raining machinery. A considerable amount of heavy machinery is built for the various smelters in the Province, but the market for the steel products of the Vancouver Engineering Works, Ltd., is by no means limited to the local demand. A large consignment of steel dredge-buckets has been shipped as far east as Halifax, N.S., and recently an order was secured in open competition for 45 aerial-tramway buckets of one yard capacity, for the The illustrations on this page will show some of the recent heavy steel work constructed in these shops. Heavy marine engines and marine and stationary boilers are also specialized in. The machine shop is 60 feet by 240 feet with galleries, and is thoroughly equipped with lathes up to 60 inches swing with 26 feet between
centres in addition to a heavy general equipment of large capacity. The other buildings of the works comprise a pattern shop 40 feet by 60 feet, blacksmith shop 40 feet by 60 feet, light plate shop 100 feet by 120 feet, boiler shop 65 feet by 200 feet, bolt shop 40 feet by 75 feet, a large store building, dipping plant, power plant and offices. An electric-power equipment of 500 horsepower provides part of the energy, having in addition a steam plant comprised of three horizontal boilers. This plant is undoubtedly splendidly equipped for the class of work undertaken and has a capacity well adapted for expansions which may take place in the immediate future, and may be looked upon as a great asset to the industries of British Columbia. Under the management of Mr. Geo. Giles and an efficient staff of chemists, draughtsmen and engineers, this plant forms a valuable unit in the industrial undertakings of this Province.
QUELLE[Hamilton: Industries of British Columbia (1918) 97]