Urmson & Thompson
Urmson & Thompson was a company that manufactured stationary steam engines.While Urmson was a trained engineer who had worked at Woolstenhulmes & Rye, Thompson is thought to have contributed capital.Thompson died in 1882, and Urmson with his sons John and Andrew continued the business.Arthur Roberts[2] reported that Hartford Mill was powered by an 1800 hp twin-tandem compound engine by Urmson and Thompson, built in 1907.The period 1904–1914 was productive, when they created engines rating a total of 14,300 ihp for nine Oldham mills:[1]