The talk will review the history of Stothert & Pitt in Bath and the Newark Works building, its construction, design and use, in particular. For almost 200 years the engineering and metalworking firm of Stothert and Pitt employed thousands of local residents and spread its products to every corner of the globe. From prefabricated lighthouses to cement mixers, steam engines to bridges and lawn rollers to the monumental cargo handling cranes which made the firm famous.
This talk will be delivered by Pete Dunn, an ex-Stothert & Pitt employee, and Stuart Burroughs from the Museum of Bath at Work.
Huge thanks to Pete, Stuart and The Museum of Bath at Work for your hard work and generosity. Find out more about the museum here: bath-at-work.org.uk
We love to tell the stories of working people in Bath. Enter the world of working Bath through a series of authentically reconstructed workplaces, workshops and display galleries. Two thousand years of working life are on display – furniture-making with Keevils the cabinet-makers, J.B. Bowlers’ ironmongers, engineering works and soft drinks making factory, and even a Bath Stone mine – all on show in our amazing building, a former Real Tennis Court, dating from 1777. And we’ve got displays about Stothert & Pitt crane-makers, the Bath Press, and many local trades, shops and businesses.
