Wallis & Steevens Ltd (1856 - 1981)
Dates
- Existence: 1856 - 1981
- Usage: 1869 - 1981
- Usage: 1856 - 1869
Biography
Wallis & Steevens Ltd was founded in 1856 by Arthur Wallis and Charles Haslam in the North Hants Ironworks, Basingstoke. The company first started trading as Wallis & Haslam producing a wide range of agricultural equipment and steam engines. They found early success and a year after starting up, they were commended for its hand-worked bench drilling machine at the Royal Agricultural show in Salisbury. In 1862 Charles James Steevens, joined the company and when Charles Haslam retired in 1869 the company became Wallis & Steevens.
Wallis & Steevens built their first traction engine 'Success' in 1877. From the 1930s they moved from steam power to internal combustion and continued trading until 1966, when their site was forced to close to give way to Basingstoke's urban development. Wallis & Steevens moved to Daneshill where they operated until 1980. In 1981 the company was taken over by BSP International and Wallis & Steevens stopped trading.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
David Braithwaite Collection
This collection contains photographs taken by David Braithwaite from the 1950s and used towards his publications alongside older images collected from other sources as well as business records, monographs, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, bibliographies, catalogues, programmes, films and some other miscellaneous items.
Trade and Advertising Material, c1890 - 2006
Fairground ride manufacturing companies' ride specification and trade sheets including Lang Wheels, Savage Brothers, Schippers-Vanderville and Supercar Amusements among others and Wilson's Printers' fairground related supplies.
Wallis & Steevens Ltd Trade Sheet, c1900 - 1959
Wallis & Steevens Ld trade sheet for the Advance Roller. Basingstoke, 2p.p with illustrations.