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In 1867, Edward Ormerod, the Engineer at Gibfield Colliery, Atherton Nr. Manchester,
patented a detaching hook for “The prevention of accidents from over-winding
in mine shafts.” Manufacture commenced in 1868 from a small forge adjacent
to the Colliery, with the first hook being installed at Gibfield No2 shaft in
the same year.
To date, Edward Ormerod & Co. Ltd. have designed, manufactured,
and supplied over 13,500 Ormerod detaching hooks and sets of suspension gear World-wide,
and continue to do so from their original seven acre site, adjacent to the former
Gibfield Colliery.
