founded 1864 headquarters gateshead uk parent langley holdings website www.clarkechapman.co.uk clarke chapman is a british engineering firm based in gateshead which was formerly listed on the london stock exchange . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit a steam turbine generator & switchboard set made by clarke chapman parsons & co. it is now in the collection of thinktank birmingham science museum . the company was founded in 1864 in gateshead by william clarke 1831 1890 . 1 in 1865 clarke took in a partner abel chapman 1 and the two of them developed the business into one of the largest manufacturers of cranes and other mechanical handling equipment in the world . in 1870 two further partners joined the firm joseph watson and joseph gurney . 2 the firm became known as clarke chapman and gurney . joseph gurney retired from the firm in 1882 . 3 the firm subsequently formed a partnership with john furneaux and charles parsons and became known as clarke chapman parsons and company . parsons left the firm in 1889 . 4 by 1907 the firm manufactured an extensive range of ship s auxiliary machinery mining plant water tube boilers and pumps . 5 clarke chapman became the main supplier of auxiliary equipment to the british shipbuilding industry before the first world war . 6 in 1969 clarke chapman acquired sir william arrol & co. a leading bridge builder . 7 in 1970 clarke chapman acquired john thompson a leading boiler making business based in wolverhampton . 8 in 1974 clarke chapman acquired the uk interests of international combustion a diverse group of heavy engineering businesses . 9 the company merged with reyrolle parsons in 1977 to form northern engineering industries plc 7 which itself was acquired by rolls royce plc in 1989 . 7 the business continues today as part of langley holdings limited which acquired it from rolls royce in 2000 . 10 ships using clarke chapman mechanical handling equipment include the rfa wave knight and the rfa wave ruler completed in 2000 and 2001 respectively . 11 operations edit the finnieston crane in glasgow built by cowans sheldon the company trades under the names of cowans sheldon railway cranes rb cranes construction cranes stothert & pitt port cranes and wellman booth steel plant cranes . see also edit c.a. parsons and company a. reyrolle & company references edit a b william clarke 1831 1890 . gateshead blue plaques . gateshead libraries . retrieved 24 march 2012 . clarke chapman and co. . grace s guide . retrieved 24 march 2012 . the london gazette no. 25179 . p. 6475 . 19 december 1882 . retrieved 2012 03 25 . the london gazette no. 25953 . p. 3796 . 12 july 1889 . retrieved 2012 03 25 . clarke chapman ; co. limited 1907 . untitled product catalogue . gateshead on tyne clarke chapman & co. limited . mcgovern t. ; mclean t. 2013 . the growth and development of clarke chapman from 1864 to 1914 . business history . 55 3 448 478 . doi 10.1080 00076791.2012.745066 . a b c nzr cranes alstom john thompson institute of actuaries bulk materials international rfa wave ruler passing round tower external links edit official site clarke chapman history partial list of the firm s early product literature clarke chapman and co. . grace s guide . clarke chapman and co. company archives . records . national archives . v t e electricity generation in north east england generating sites biomass active biomass energy centre lynemouth co fires wilton 10 proposed bei teesside billingham north blyth teesport tyne rep coal active lynemouth closed berwick upon tweed blyth carville chopwell colliery close consett darlington derwenthaugh coke works dunston forth banks hebburn horden colliery lemington mainsforth colliery manors morrison busty colliery neptune bank newburn steelworks north tees ouston colliery pandon dene philadelphia south shore road south shields stella sunderland vane tempest colliery whinfield proposed eston grange gasification cancelled blyth clean coal kepier gas active seal sands teesside wilton proposed conocophillips teesside thor cogeneration cancelled newburn hydro active derwent kielder closed cragside nuclear active hartlepool cancelled druridge bay oil active wilton waste active teesside path head landfill closed blaydon burn derwenthaugh coke works newburn steelworks portrack whinfield proposed north eastern energy recovery centre wilton 11 cancelled blyth wind active blyth harbour blyth offshore broom hill great eppleton hare hill high sharpley high volts holmside hall kirkheaton langley park teesside tow law trimdon grange walkway west durham proposed butterwick moor haswell moor kiln pit hill lynemouth royal oak barmoor south green rigg kielder moorsyde ray hill south sharpley steadings teeswind north the isles todd hill west ancroft wingates organisations and personnel a. reyrolle & company c. a. parsons and company northern powergrid charles algernon parsons charles hesterman merz clarke chapman john theodore merz l j couves & partners merz & mclellan narec newcastle and district electric lighting company north eastern electric supply company northern electric northern engineering industries pre nationalisation north east electric power companies book electricity generation in north east england category power stations in north east england portal energy retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title clarke chapman & oldid 722569026 categories companies established in 1864engineering companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in tyne and wear navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 may 2016 at 00 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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