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Does anyone have any information on the yorkshire hennebique contracting company. Apparently they built concrete bridges,water towers. and even concrete Boats!! . The pudsey steam roller once belonged to them

google throws out a few links including a friendreunited "forum" http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=henneb ... hennebique        

Thanks tyke bhoy , it was a topic of conversation at lunch here on site ,so uploaded via my nexus 7 tablet. Will check it out when i get home

On searching the internet it seems Yorkshire Hennebique was a contractor/agent or used it under licence from Francois Hennebique. They were based at Viaduct Works, Kirstall Roadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_HennebiquePhoto courtesy of http://flic.kr/p/dVQyXp        

Didn't Yorkshire Hennebique have a largish site at Stourton east of Cameron Iron between Pontefract Road and the railway?

Come on we need ever member of this community to contribute in some way.

Hennibuque used to have a concrete batching plant on Royds Lane at the bottom of the Lane which led up to Farnley Sheds circa 1960-64 . Roughly where the Makro is situated now .Brian

hyperion wrote: Come on we need ever member of this community to contribute in some way. What does this mean exactly? -What do you mean by "we"? the royal "we" perhaps?Please bear in mind that you have been a member of this "community" for less than 4 weeks and show a little bit more respect.

Thank you very much Mr drapesy for your kind words and for your contribution , this is what we were just talking about.    

I remember Yorkshire Hennebique. From my days at the Cat dealer. IIRC they were renowned bad payers! I believe they built the cooling towers at Fiddlers Ferry Power Station at Widnes in the sixties.