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Merryweather & Sons

UK manufacture

Merryweather & Sons of Clapham, later Greenwich, London, were builders of steam fire engines and steam tram engines. The founder was Moses Merryweather (1791–1872) of Clapham, who was joined by his son Richard Moses (1839–1877).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersLondon1

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Merryweather radiator
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Merryweather & Sons of Clapham, later Greenwich, London, were builders of steam fire engines and steam tram engines.2

Products and brands

At the 1904 Royal Horticultural Society Show in London, Merryweather received a gold medal for a range of petrol motor driven plant including:

A compact 12 hp motor driven centrifugal pump for irrigation purposes (300 gallons per minute)

A small hop washing plant driven by a 2 hp 'bicycle' motor

A general purpose estate pump using an 8 hp motor, and three throw Hatfield pump

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An unusual Merryweather product was a five-ton moveable wall for the Royal College of Physicians.

From Wikipedia’s article on Merryweather & Sons, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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