List of available machine tools from the Engineering Department of Henry Hawkins Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan252 | |
| Date | 3rd October 1939 | |
| HENRY HAWK(Aero Engine)INS LTD Directors ARNOLD S. HAWK(Aero Engine)INS. C. LESLIE HAWK(Aero Engine)INS. Longhouse Tileries HAWK(Aero Engine)INS CANNOCK CANNOCK Staffs. Telephone: CANNOCK 2261 & 2262 Established 100 Years Telegrams: HAWK(Aero Engine)INS.TILERIES CANNOCK 3rd October 1939. ENGINEERING DEPT. LIST OF MACHINE TOOLS OF MODERN DESIGN AVAILABLE FOR USE. -------------------------------------------------------- 1 - No. 7 Herbert Capstan Lathe. 1 - 6½" "Bollock" " " ) 1 - 8" "Clank" " " ) swing up to 16" 1 - 6" Herbert " " ) 1 - 8½ Centre Dean, Smith & Grace Hollow Spindle SS {S. Smith} & SC Lathe 10' Bed. 2 - 8" Centre High Speed SS {S. Smith} & S Lathes Gap Bed x 7'. 1 - Selson Slotting Machine. 1 - 3'9" Bickford Radial Drill & Tapping Machine. 2 - 22" All geared Pillar Drilling Machine. 2 - 24" ditto. 1 - Vertical Milling Machine. 1 - 10/Self Acting Shaping Machine. 1 - Side Planing Machine up to 10' stroke. 1 - 6' x 2'6" x 2' Planing Machine. 1 - Geared Punching, Shearing and Cropping Machine. 1 - Cutting and Loading Plant. Full Blacksmith's Equipment. Full Compliment of Tools and Tool Grinding Gear. Electric Motors and Equipment from 1 h.p. to 100 h.p. 2 - Sub Stations on Works providing power for 600 h.p. Spacious Engineering Shop with lifting gear, ground area 120' x 70'. | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).