Marryat & Scott was a British elevator/lift manufacturer from Hounslow, Middlesex, England. The company was acquired by Kone in 1979. It was part of the Marryat Group.
History
Marryat & Scott was founded by Joseph Richmond in 1891. At that time, he established a small hydraulic elevator company called Richmond Lifts. In the 1900s, Howard Marryat took over Richmond Lifts and began making traction elevators. In the 1920s, Murray Scott joined the company and Richmond Lifts was renamed to Marryat & Scott.
In the mid 1970s, Marryat & Scott developed an elevator control system called CMC-1200, which was said to be the first computerized group supervisory elevator control system in the world[1].
The company came to an end when Kone bought the company in 1979. It later became Kone Marryat Scott for a short period before it changed name to simply Kone in the early or mid 1980s. In addition, the operating businesses in both British Hong Kong and Singapore were taken over by Kone; the Singaporean branch was renamed to Kone Marryat Scott in 1982 and lasted until around the mid 1980s when it changed name again to Kone (present day Kone Elevators (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.).
Also in 1979, some former Marryat & Scott employees formed "ALS" (Associated Lift Services) for those who did not want to work for Kone when Marryat & Scott was acquired[2].
Locations
Marryat & Scott had its head office and manufacturing plant in Wellington Works, Hounslow, Middlesex, England. The London sales and service office was located in 40 Hatton Garden, in the Holborn district of the London Borough of Camden before it moved to Gretton House at 28/30 Kirby Street in the late 1960s or early 1970s. Its factories were located in London, Bristol, Hayes, and Newcastle on Tyne. Branches and service depots were located in:
- Brighton
- Cambridge
- Chelmsford
- Bristol
- Exeter
- Birmingham
- Nottingham
- Cardiff
- Manchester
- Liverpool
- Leeds
- York
- Sheffield
- Leicester
- Oxford
- Penzance
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Dundee, Scotland
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Dublin, Ireland
- Cork, Ireland
- Belfast
Marryat & Scott also had overseas branches in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Notable products
Single speed passenger lifts (1960s)
For low-rise buildings
- The speed no more than 0.5 m/s
- AC/1 motor
Two-speed passenger lifts (1960s)
For low-rise buildings
- The speed no more than 1 m/s
- AC/2 motor
High speed passenger lifts (1960s)
- 0.25-2.5 m/s, other speed might be available upon request
- DC motor (Gearless DC motor for speed 1.75 m/s or above)
- Group collective/Up and Down collective/Down collective/Automatic Electronic Control
- Capacity: 2/4/6/8/10/13/16/20/23/26 persons or 160/280/410/550/680/910/1140/1370/1590/1820 kg
Light traffic passenger and perambulator-passenger lifts (1970s specification)
For low-rise office/hotels/residential buildings
- Capacity: 300/450/600/750 kg or 4/6/8/10 persons
- Speed: 0.5/0.75/1 m/s (0.5 m/s only for 300 kg or 4 persons configuration)
Stretcher-passenger lifts (1970s specification)
For residential buildings/homes for the Aged, etc.
- Capacity: 600/900 kg or 8/12 persons
- Speed: 0.5/0.75/1 m/s
General purpose passenger lifts (1970s specification)
For banks/office buildings/hotels, etc.
- Capacity: 600/750/900/1200/1500 kg or 8/10/12/16/20 persons
- Speed: 0.75/1/1.5 m/s
Overseas distributors
Outside England, Marryat & Scott had third party sole agents or distributors located in many countries around the world, such as Barbados, Burma (now Myanmar), Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Cyprus, Guyana, India, Iran, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, South Korea, Pakistan, and many more. Some of the known overseas Marryat & Scott distributors were:
Distributor/company name | Country(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|
A & G Price Ltd. | New Zealand | Based in Auckland |
A. G. Bruty Ltd. | Ireland | |
Alpin Elevators Co. Ltd. | Canada | Based in Quebec |
Anglo-Electromatic Elevators Ltd. | Canada | Based in Ontario |
Breyner & Wirth Ltd. | Mozambique | |
Burma Independance Co., Ltd. | Myanmar | |
Central Foundry Ltd. | Barbados | |
Colombo Commercial Co. Ltd. | Sri Lanka | |
Davie Boag & Co. Ltd. | British Hong Kong | |
Davidson-Arnott & Co. Ltd. | Trinidad | |
Electro-Mechanical Equipment Co. | Malta | |
Electro-Trading Co. | Iceland | |
Eletrex Co. | Egypt | |
Ellison's Electrical Engineers Ltd. | Southern Rhodesia | |
Evans, Barnes & Fitz (Pty.) Ltd. | South Africa | |
F & C. Osler Ltd. | India Pakistan |
|
Grey MacKenzie & Co. Ltd. | Iraq | Based in Busreh |
Isaac M. Sarfaty & Son Ltd. | Israel | |
John Fleming & Co. Ltd. | India | Based in Mumbai (then Bombay) |
Kettles-Roy & Tysons Ltd. | Kenya | |
Latiff Supplies Ltd. | Kuwait | |
Nicholas Radovich | Greece | |
Paterson Simons & Co. Ltd. | Singapore Malaysia |
PS&C was also a distributor of Sabiem elevators in both countries. |
Ramos & Ramos | Portugal | Based in Funchal, Madeira This company was also a distributor of Sabiem elevators. |
Russel Searle Ltd. | New Zealand | Based in Wellington |
Rivzi Ltd. | Pakistan | |
S. Davson & Co. Ltd. | Guinea | |
Solorzano Villa Pereira Co. Ltda. | Nicaragua | |
Stephen Lynch & Co. Ltd. | Iraq | Based in Baghdad |
Suney S.A. | Uruguay | |
The Lynch Co. Ltd. | Iran | |
The Oriental Machinery Stores | Thailand |
Notable installations
- Main article: List of notable Marryat & Scott elevator installations
Trivia
- In Scotland, the company was operating under the name "John Bennie Limited".
- Marryat & Scott was also a distributor of Thyssen escalators in both England and British Hong Kong in the 1970s-1980s. In the 1960s, they also installed Rheinstahl Eggers-Kehrhahn escalators from West Germany. They also appear to be a distributor of Sabiem elevators in England as well.
- In the early 1970s, Marryat & Scott supplied elevators for several flats in Singapore built by the Housing and Development Board (HDB). These elevators were assembled and installed by a local firm, General Engineering and Trading[3] and the brand names are not displayed in the elevator cars.
- After Marryat & Scott was sold to Kone, the Kenyan and Ugandan branches continued to operate under the name Marryat & Scott Kenya and Marryat East Africa respectively until 2014 when they were fully acquired by Kone. In addition, both companies had become the distributor of Kone elevators since the late 1980s.[4]
Gallery
See also
Notes and references
External links
- Marryat & Scott in Beno Lift Guide
- Marryat Scott Passenger lifts 1967 issue
- Marryat Scott Passenger lifts 1972 issue