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Henry James Coles, was born in 1847 in London, an started work for a sawmill machinery maker at 13. He then moved to "Maudslay, Sons and Field" a firm of steam engine makers in 1870, and then in 1874 to Appleby Bros. a railway crane maker. Henry Cole took over the works in Southwark when they moved to East Greenwich in 1878 and started building his own cranes. He started building a variety of machinery and by 1895 it was noted as having built 18 cranes that year. These included 3 cranes for Woolwich Arsenal that worked on mains (water) Hydraulic pressure.

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  • Henry James Coles, was born in 1847 in London, an started work for a sawmill machinery maker at 13. He then moved to "Maudslay, Sons and Field" a firm of steam engine makers in 1870, and then in 1874 to Appleby Bros. a railway crane maker. Henry Cole took over the works in Southwark when they moved to East Greenwich in 1878 and started building his own cranes. He started building a variety of machinery and by 1895 it was noted as having built 18 cranes that year. These included 3 cranes for Woolwich Arsenal that worked on mains (water) Hydraulic pressure.
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  • Henry James Coles, was born in 1847 in London, an started work for a sawmill machinery maker at 13. He then moved to "Maudslay, Sons and Field" a firm of steam engine makers in 1870, and then in 1874 to Appleby Bros. a railway crane maker. Henry Cole took over the works in Southwark when they moved to East Greenwich in 1878 and started building his own cranes. He started building a variety of machinery and by 1895 it was noted as having built 18 cranes that year. These included 3 cranes for Woolwich Arsenal that worked on mains (water) Hydraulic pressure. He became an experienced engineer, started his own business with his other brothers who were fond of anything mechanical. He was renowned as an innovator who laid the foundation for what was to become a world-famous company - Coles Cranes.
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