4 photographs and 6 information cards Photographs and information cards relating to Grinnell, Mulsifyre and Protectospray sprinkler systems
1 box containing 11 items Mather & Platt Publicity Material and Memorandum and Articles of Association
Technical drawing showing an extention to the hydrant service at the Bowater Paper Corporation Ltd, Ridham Dock, Sittingbourne, Kent. One diazo positive for Order HY 4212/4L: draft plan number 2. Technical drawing showing extention to hydrant service, Bowater Paper Corporation
Illustrated product brochure from Mather & Platt Ltd. Brochure S 144: Automatic Petrol Engine Driven Fire Pump
1 file containing 5 drawings Blueprints relating to the installation of a sprinkler system at Maple & Co. department store
Architectural site plan of Mather & Platt Ltd's Food & Packaging Machinery Division in Radcliffe, Bury. Drawing No 51157W of Food & Packaging Machinery Division, Radcliffe Works
Branded Mather & Platt Ltd Food & Packaging Machinery Division binder containing a large number of publications detailing specifications for machinery and their uses. The contents are indexed and divided into a number of areas as follows: General Podders, Viners, Harvesters Cleaners, Washers, Graders Peelers, Cutters Fillers Exhausters, Cookers Packaging Machinery Miscellaneous The 'General' publications include overviews of the Mather & Platt business as a whole. Binder - "A Complete Range of Machinery for the Food Processing and Packaging Industries"
Mather & Platt Ltd illustrated product specification brochure. Brochure E718: 'R' Type Direct - Current Motors and Generators
Logbook of a trainee working at Mather & Platt relating to mechanical fitting and mechanical maintenance. Trainee Logbook and Performance Record
Notes on Dynamos No. 10, containing details of method of testing dynamos and electric motors supplied to various companies with accompanying charts of test results, sketches and comments. Mather & Platt Ltd Notes on Dynamos
Information booklet issued to employee on becoming an employee at the Park Works site. The booklet contains details of which department they would be working in who would be their foreman. It also contains rules they were expected to follow as an employee of the company. The booklet also gives details of the benefits and societies they could join. There is also a plan of the works included in the booklet showing where the departments were located. Information for Employees
The tender document contains the pro forma details for a specification, estimate and terms of conditions for the installation of the "Grinnell" Automatic Sprinkler and Fire Alarm System, along with loose items comprising: a note relating to insurance rules for pumps used in sprinkler installations; a pro forma draft estimate document for new installations of the Mulsifyre System; a reference drawing showing Mather & Platt pipes and connectors used in sprinkler systems; a leaflet for the Mulsifyre System; three copies of a pro forma questionnaire for customers relating to fire doors; a plan for the fitting of safety valves to existing air pressure tanks. Tender document issued to potential clients by Mather & Platt Ltd
Mather & Platt Ltd promotional brochure. Brochure S 1209: "The Underwriter Quadruple Acting Steam Pump for sprinkler installations and fire service"
1 envelope containing 2 items Blueprints relating to the installation of fire suppression systems at a Fire Service College
Mather & Platt Ltd product brochure for the Patent Intermittent Starter, designed to bring steam fire pumps into operation every three or four hours. Brochure S 47A: Patent Intermittent Starter
Mather & Platt Ltd illustrated product brochure. The images include photographs of fire doors in the aftermath of fires to demonstrate their efficacy, as well as a drawing of the Mather & Platt Park Works premises. Brochure D 1093: Armoured Fire Doors automatic or non-automatic
Minute book recording monthly meetings of the Board of Directors of the company along with a number of documents and Annual Reports which have been tipped in. Minute Book No.2
Minute book recording first meeting of the Board of Directors of the company through to an Extraordinary Meeting held in 1899 agreeing to the reconstruction of the company and registering it as a Limited company. Minute Book
Binder containing publicity material providing basic specifications and descriptions for various models of electric motors, induction motors and electrical machinery manufactured by the company. Catalogues for Electrical Motors and Electrical Machinery
First volume of notes related to dynamos manufactured by Mather & Platt contains detailed notes on early research worked out in partnership with Dr John Hopkins at the University of Manchester during the 1880s. The volume contains records for the earliest dynamos the company researched developed and manufactured and contain details such as dynamo number, type of dynamo, rating (by number of light bulbs), purpose for which it was manufactured, and results of tests carried out on some of them prior to delivery. Notes on Dynamo No 1
