William Weeks and Son (also known as W. Weeks & Son Ltd) of Perseverance Iron works in Maidstone, Kent England were/are agricultural engineers. The company was founded in 18? They are probably best known for orchard sprayers and trailers in recent times, but made machinery for the hop industry in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Company history[]
Company started by William Weeks in 18?
In 1893 the company was incorporated as W.Weeks and Son Ltd.[1]
Products[]
- 1889 - Showed a hop washing machine at the RASE at Windsor
- 1894 - at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show in June. Displayed Self-acting Steam Cultivator and Apparatus for Dispersing Vapour and Drying Hops, Malt etc. and other machines.
- Hop pressing machinery
- 1920s - Weeks-Dungey 23 hp 4 cylinder tractor - a early British tractor.[2]
- 1940s - Tar spraying machinery
- Crop sprayer and Orchard sprayers
- Farm trailers
- Pumps
- Made mill machinery/parts (water wheels ?) - A former Mill at Chart Sutton Kent on the River Beult, Kent hada water wheel with the shaft marked as Weeks and Son Maidstone.[3]
See also[]
References / sources[]
- Graces Guide -
External links[]
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