'As I've always said - Huwood Conveyors" : advert issued by Hugh Wood & Co. Ltd. : in : Gateshead Official Guide and Industrial Review : c.1957
The name Huwood was once very familiar to me - during my days at the Scottish Mining Museum in the '70s. The name is a contraction of Hugh Wood & Co. Ltd. who were formed in 1908/09 and became one of the major suppliers of equipment in the move from hand to machine working of coal and other such bulk materials.
Based in Gateshead they had set up a new factory on the Team Valley Industrial Estate by 1939 to further production of equipment such as conveyor belts. The Industrial Estate was one of the 1930's creations that was part of attempts to introduce newer industries into the 'depressed areas' such as the North East and South Wales.
The conveyor systems saw use both below ground in mining as well as on the surface and were, of course, adaptable to other materials. This rather period advert appears as a cover to the c.1957 Gateshead Official Handbook and it is a shame it is not attributed; I rather like the two slighly compressed figure, the boss in hat and with pipe, the worker with his hand on the machine lever.
'As I've always said - Huwood Conveyors" : advert issued by Hugh Wood & Co. Ltd. : in : Gateshead Official Guide and Industrial Review : c.1957
The name Huwood was once very familiar to me - during my days at the Scottish Mining Museum in the '70s. The name is a contraction of Hugh Wood & Co. Ltd. who were formed in 1908/09 and became one of the major suppliers of equipment in the move from hand to machine working of coal and other such bulk materials.
Based in Gateshead they had set up a new factory on the Team Valley Industrial Estate by 1939 to further production of equipment such as conveyor belts. The Industrial Estate was one of the 1930's creations that was part of attempts to introduce newer industries into the 'depressed areas' such as the North East and South Wales.
The conveyor systems saw use both below ground in mining as well as on the surface and were, of course, adaptable to other materials. This rather period advert appears as a cover to the c.1957 Gateshead Official Handbook and it is a shame it is not attributed; I rather like the two slighly compressed figure, the boss in hat and with pipe, the worker with his hand on the machine lever.