Henry Pooley & Son

Henry Pooley & Son Ltd was a mechanical engineering company specialising in the manufacture of weighing machines. It was based in Liverpool and later in Birmingham, England.

A weight printer manufactured by Pooley & Son
weighing machines.F.C.G.O.A. Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina

The company was absorbed into W & T Avery.[1] An example of the company's weighing machines can be found on Platform 2 of Ipswich railway station in Suffolk.

Another example of the companies railway engine weighing scales can be found in the grounds of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

Another example of the companies agricultural weighing scales in its original position can be found in the grounds of Cragend Farm, Northumberland England United Kingdom.

An Locomotive Balancing Table made for the Victorian Railways in 1912 can be found at the Newport Workshops in Melbourne, Australia. It is operational and used regularly to weigh & balance steam locomotives by Steamrail Victoria.

Operational Locomotive Balancing Table at the Newport Workshops

References
  1. "Meeting probes Pooley gates claim". bbc.co.uk. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2012.


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