īKSPW had been registered in England in 1890 with a capital of £300,000 to purchase in full the George F. The ISPC soon ran into financial difficulties, and Guggenheim invested increasing amounts of capital to keep it afloat. Ĭharles Campbell Worthington was president of the company until he retired in 1900. Worthington Pump Works was the largest of the merged firms. The company's products were diverse, including the elevators for the Eiffel Tower. (BKSPW), Worthington Pump Works and other companies that together made up a large part of total American capacity for making steam pumps. The ISPC merged Blake and Knowles Steam Pump Works, Ltd. The ISPC was organized by the Seward legal firm in 1899. Guggenheim founded the International Steam Pump Company (ISPC). International Steam Pump Company (1899–1916) īenjamin Guggenheim was a member of a family that had made a fortune in the smelting business in the United States, largely through his efforts, and that controlled the American Smelting and Refining Company. The British company's pumps were sold in the English and Colonial markets. learned of the Worthington company because of this order, and on 13 December 1885 signed an agreement with the Worthington Pumping Engine Company under which they gained exclusive manufacturing rights for Worthington pumps in Britain. The British pump suppliers could not deliver the pumps fast enough.
In 1885 the Worthington Pumping Engine Company, representatives of Worthington pumps of the US, obtained an order from the British Army to deliver ten high-pressure pumps to deliver water needed by the British Expeditionary army coming to the aid of General Gordon in Khartoum, Sudan. The company moved from Brooklyn to Harrison, New Jersey in 1904. While head of the company, Worthington contributed many useful improvements to pumps, compressors, and other machines. Īfter Henry Worthington died in 1880 he was succeeded by his son Charles Campbell Worthington (1854–1944). The United States Navy used Worthington pumps to pump: boiler feed water, bilge water, fire fighting, and general services ( ) aboard various ships during the American Civil War (1861–1865), including the USS Monitor. Worthington, or Worthington Hydraulic Pump Works, was formed in 1862. The partnership was dissolved around 1860 when Baker died. In 1854 the partners moved to Van Brunt Street in Brooklyn. The first foundry was near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Worthington was the inventor of the direct acting steam pump.
Worthington and Baker, manufacturers of hydraulic machinery such as steam pumps and meters, was founded by Henry R Worthington and William H. Henry Rossiter Worthington, at the age of 48
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