Yorkshire Engine Company
The Yorkshire Engine Company (YEC) was a small independent locomotive manufacturer in Sheffield, England. The company was formed in 1865 and continued to produce locomotives and carry out general engineering work until 1965. Mainly known for shunting engines for the British market, but also built main line engines for overseas customers.
| Modern manufacturing and distribution companies | Ancon Clark • Wilson Benesch • Berkart • Henry Boot • Bramah Engineering • Catterly Laser Cutting Co. • Corus Group • The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire • Davey Markham • JF Finnigans • Firth Rixson • Fletchers Bakery • Sheffield Forgemasters Company • M J Gleeson Group Plc • Hendersons (Sheffield) Ltd • Kelham Island Brewery) • Land Pyrometers • Arnold Laver • Northern Foods • Outokumpu formerly (Avesta Polarit)t/o / BSC Stainlesst/o • ROM Reinforcement • Ronseal Paints • SIG Plc • Tinsley Bridge • Wincro Metals |
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| Modern retail and service industry | Atkinsons Stores • HSBC• Irwin Mitchell • John Lewis • PlusNet • Powerminster • Sheffield Hallam University • Tuffnells Parcel Express • University of Sheffield • Williams Fastners • Zoo Digital |
| Traditional heavy industry (steel and engineering) | BOC t/o • British Steel t/o • British Steel Corporation p • Brown Bayley Steels • Newton, Chambers & Company • NCK-Rapier • Cammell t/o • Coopers (Fastners) • Chesterfield Cylinders • Cravens • Daniel Doncasters Ltd • Davey McKeet/o Davey Lowevyt/o Trafalgar House Engineering t/o • Edgar Allen & Company t/o • English Steel Corporationn • Firth Brown Steelsn • Firth Vickers • Laycockst/o • Samuel • Sheffield Forgemasters • Thomas Ward • Tinsley Wire Industries Ltd (TWIL) t/o • Sanderson Kayser • |
| Cutlers - silver smiths - surgical instruments | Arthur Price • B.Braun-Downs Surgicalt/o • Richard Carr (Silversmiths) • James Dixon & Co. • Durham Duplex • Harrison Bros & Howson • Hutton • Mappin and Webb t/o • Martin Hall • Needham, Veall & Tyzack • Joseph Rodgers • Swann Morton • Surmanco • Skidmore • Taylors Eye-Witness Ltd • Thornton (Impants) • Vinerst/o • Walker & Hallt/o • Thomas Wostenholm |
| Tool manufactures | Dormer (Tools)r • Footprint • Henry Taylor • Neepsend • Stanley Tools (Sheffield)r • Atkinsons (Saws) • Easterbrook Allcard & Company • G & J Hall • Ketona (Shears) • Joseph Marples • Moore & Wright • James Neil (Tools) • Niloc • Osborne Mushett • Paddley & Venables • Record Ridgeway • Rabone Chesterman • Shardlows • The Sheffield Twist Drill Company • Spear & Jackson • Thomas Turner & Co.(Files & Knifes) • Tyzacks Sons & Turner(Saws) • Thomas Flinn & Co. • Standall Tools • Steadfast (Tools) • Tyzack Machine Knives |
| Miscellaneous formerly Sheffield based companies | Batchelorst/o • Dyson Refractoriest/o • William Stones Breweryt/o • Trebor Bassett Sweetst/o • Thorntons Chocolates r • S.H. Wards Breweryt/o |
| Defunct | English Steel Corporation • Samuel Fox and Company • Hadfields Limited • Samuel Osborn & Company • Jessop Saville & Company • Sheffield Coal Company • Simplex Cars • Steel, Peech and Tozer • United Steel Companies • Vickers Limited Vicker, Son & Maxim • William Jessop & Sons • Yorkshire Engine Company |
| See also | Economy of Sheffield • List of companies in Sheffield |
t/o - Taken over, n - Nationalised, p - Privatised, a - Active, d - Defunct, h - High tech, e - E-Commerce, f - Financial services r - Relocated | |
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