May Bros and Co
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May Brothers & Co. Limited was established in July 1885 by Frederick May and Alfred May. The business began with a handful of men and one building near the Gawler Railway Station in Gawler South. Within a very short time orders were rolling in and the business was expanded: extra land was purchased, more buildings were erected and the number of employees was eventually in the hundreds.
What began as a small company producing strippers and seed sowers grew to a large manufacturing concern which produced smelting, crushing, pumping and winding plants. Orders were received from far and wide, including the other states of Australia, New Caledonia and British Columbia. Prominent customers included mining companies of Broken Hill and the smelting operations of Port Pirie.
After the death of Frederick May in 1897, Alfred May continued the business until, in 1924, it was wound up. View a catalogue from the May Brothers here.
For more information, see here and History of Gawler 1837-1908 compiled by E. H. Coombe, pp. 97-101.
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