Private company
Whitney
Company based in London founded in 18751
Whitney was initially a shop established in 1875 in City Road, London, for the buying and selling of scientific apparatus, also using the name The Scientific Exchange. It later developed to include the sale of small engineering items including model steam engines, boilers, gas engines, steam pumps, electrically driven water fountain pumps, and water powered turbines (the Whitney Water Motor), most of which were marked Whitney, City Road, London.2 It ceased to exist in 1938.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Whitney was initially a shop established in 1875 in City Road, London, for the buying and selling of scientific apparatus, also using the name The Scientific Exchange. It later developed to include the sale of small engineering items including model steam engines, boilers, gas engines, steam pumps, electrically driven water fountain pumps, and water powered turbines (the Whitney Water Motor), most of which were marked Whitney, City Road, London.2
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- WikipediaWhitney (City Road, London)
- WikidataQ19654381
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- 1WikidataWhitney on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaWhitney on Wikipedia