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Mather & Platt (Established 1845)

 Organisation

Dates

  • Existence: Established 1845
  • Usage: c1900 - 2022

Biography

Mather & Platt is an engineering company founded in Newton Heath, Manchester, England in 1845. The company still continued trading today as a food processing and packaging business, under the name M&P Engineering in Trafford Park, Manchester.

The story of the company started in 1817 when Peter Mather established a company to make machines to produce textiles. In 1836 William Mather and his brother Colin started William & Colin Mather, a small engineering company providing rollers and equipment to the local textile bleaching industry. This business was eventually taken over by William’s son also called William Mather.

In 1845 John Platt leased part of the Salford Iron Works to the Mather brothers, and William and John form Mather & Platt. John Platt was followed by his son William into the business in 1853, six years after his father’s death.

After a period of expansion, Mather & Platt built the present Park Works site an administration building and eventually joined with Dowson, Taylor & Company Limited, to form Mathers Platt Ltd.

After decades of growth in the UK, the company started to expand internationally from the 1940s into the Indian, American, South African, European and Asian markets where they are still in business today. In the twenty first century Mather & Platt are comprised of several large engineering firms and their core business produces large electrical centrifugal pumps.

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Elevation with End Plate Remover Blueprint, 24 May 1926

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.22
Scope and Contents

Blueprint of diagram of elevation with end plate remover P4c STD, stamped by Mather & Platt Ltd., of Manchester, X15031.

Dates: 24 May 1926

Orton and Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0070
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.

Dates: c1870 - 1969

P. 3 Machine Blueprint, 28 November 1911

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.32(xxxvi)
Scope and Contents

Magnet case and commutating poles for P. 3 machine. Full size, drawing X782 by Mather & Platt Ltd, Manchester.

Dates: 28 November 1911

Plans, c1916 - 1939

 Series
Reference code: 178M15
Scope and Contents

Blueprints of electric parts for fairground rides supplied by Mather & Platt Ltd and Hackett & Co., Electrical Engineers to Orton and Spooner.

Dates: c1916 - 1939

Pulley End Cover Blueprint, 16 August 1911

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.28(xlviii)
Scope and Contents

Pulley end cover for P3 motor, full size by Mather and Platt Ltd Manchester. Drawing X7610.

Dates: 16 August 1911

Set of D.C. Motor Blueprints, 28 July 1925

 File
Reference code: 178M15.15
Scope and Contents

Set of fourteen Blueprints of different arrangements of motors and machines (T.P. 11, 12 and 13, PC 2 to 9, JP12 Scenic Motor and P3 Scenic Motor) with note on reverse not to be taken away of detached, all stamped by Mather & Platt Ltd., of Manchester.

Dates: 28 July 1925

Terminal Box Blueprint, 11 November 1925

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.20
Scope and Contents

Blueprint of diagram of connections of terminal box P.C. as motor and as generator, stamped by Mather & Platt Ltd., of Manchester, X36770.

Dates: 11 November 1925

Terminal Box Blueprint, 11 November 1925

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.23
Scope and Contents

Blueprint of diagram of connections of terminal box as motor and generator, stamped by Mather & Platt Ltd., of Manchester, X36771.

Dates: 11 November 1925

Terminal Box Blueprint, 11 November 1925

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.24
Scope and Contents

Blueprint of diagram of connections of terminal box connections and end covers wiring as motor and generator, stamped by Mather & Platt Ltd., of Manchester, X36772.

Dates: 11 November 1925