By the end of the war nearly 4000 had been delivered. The company gained 300 orders in the buildup to World War II.
Subsequently nicknamed the Queen Mary trailer after Cunard's RMS Queen Mary, both being the largest of their type. Ten days later Taskers arrived in Whitehall, not only with a written and costed proposal, but also with a prototype trailer. In 1938 the Air Ministry, which was forming plans for setting up the Civilian Repair Organisation, sent out a tender for a recovery trailer able to carry an entire fighter aircraft. Using steel rather than iron, the product didn't require the services of the Waterloo Ironworks, which closed permanently in 1937. In 1932, the company was revived, as Taskers of Andover (1932) Limited, through the production of semi-trailers. "Queen Mary" semi-trailer carrying part of an Avro Anson aircraft at the RAF Museum London
#Become a tasker series
After William's third son Henry joined the firm, he implemented the "Economic" design of 8 horsepower (6.0 kW) engines of 1891, which formed the first series of standard Tasker designs, using steel boiler plates over wrought iron. In 1865, the Waterloo Ironworks made its first steam engine, and until 1891 Taskers became known as a producer of bespoke steam engines, each one of which was produced to its own unique design. In 1857, two of William's sons took over the business, coming to a licence agreement with Clayton & Shuttleworth of Lincoln to sell and service their stationary boilers. 30 men were arrested by Special constables, of which 14 were tried, 4 acquitted, and 10 eventually transported to penal colonies in Australia.Īfter the opening of the London and Southampton Railway, the canal was closed, and eventually buried to make way for another railway line, which hence replaced Taskers wharf with a series of private railway sidings. Started in Kent by a Captain Swing, a group of 300 agricultural workers entered the works 20 November 1830, causing considerable damage. The Swing riots Īs the industrial revolution gathered pace, a series of riots began.
The brothers entered into a partnership with George Fowle, a relative of Robert's wife, Martha. The works came into operation in 1815, hence it is named after the great Battle of Waterloo. The site, built on chalk strata, gave access to coal and iron ore via the Andover Canal, and offered waterwheel power from the Pillhill Brook. In 1813, Tasker and his brother William founded the Waterloo Ironworks in the Anna Valley. Wiltshire farm wagon with ironwork by Taskers
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