Private company

Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon

English hydropower engineering company

Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon, known as Gilkes, is an English hydropower engineering company based in Kendal, Cumbria, founded in 1853. The company makes hydropower turbines and engine cooling pumps.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersCumbria, United Kingdom1
  • Websitewww.gilkes.com
  • Legal formPrivate Limited Company3
  • LEI213800XJJC5POEWH8H373
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressCanal Head North, LA9 7BZ Cumbria, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 001737683
Gilkes HQ Geograph-5918790-by-Chris-Allen
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon, known as Gilkes, is an English hydropower engineering company based in Kendal, Cumbria, founded in 1853. The company makes hydropower turbines and engine cooling pumps.2

Products and brands

  • Turgo turbine

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Mar 18, 1921Founded Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon is founded3

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