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Sugg headed notepaper from the 1870s
SSUUGGGGThe family and the firm
Brian Roberts Christopher Sugg
William Sugg 1832-1907
Credits
“Brian Roberts is a European Engineer, a Chartered Engineer and an Honorary Fellowof the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers. Now retired, he was Chairman(1984-2011) of the CIBSE Heritage Group and CIBSE Honorary Librarian.”
The CIBSE Heritage Group website is at www.hevac-heritage.org
Catalogue of 1886
William Sugg & Co Ltd at the Crystal Palace Gas Exhibition in 1887The huge fitting suspended from the roof of the building [middle left]is a 1200 Candle Power Argand lamp. The stand corner canopy banner
proclaims “Only Gold Medal for Gas Burners, Paris 1878.”
Sugg brochure of 1981 The photograph is of Whitehall and Parliament Street in London c.1900
There are Sugg Westminster Lamps on the refuges and Whitehall Lamps on the pathways
Sugg Family Group
Lamp Governors invented and manufactured by William Sugg 1859-80
Sugg steatite Sugg street lamp Governor burner 1859Batswing burner 1858
Sugg steatite float governor burners of around 1880
Sugg flat flame street lamp
Sugg Globe lamps at Houses of Parliament
Sugg lamps at Buckingham Palace date from 1901
Sugg Drawing Room lights in use about 1875 Examples of lights using the Christiania burner or the Argand type
Sugg Christiania burner and globe
Christiania governor burner
Sugg ventilating gas lamps: The Mecca [left] and the Arcot
Modified Robinson engine by Sugg, 1904 PatentA compressor is directly attached to the engine to increase gas pressure in incandescent lighting systems
Sugg ventilating gas lamps: The Arcot [left] and the Mecca
Sugg Ornamental gas fittings from about 1875Described as Boudoir Lights
Sugg Argand or Flat Flame burner from about 1875Suspension Light for Dining Rooms
Sugg Albatrine glass globes used with Christiania burners
Three patterns of Sugg’s Christiania Governor burnersThe metal parts of these burners were often gold plated as this finish did not tarnish or discolour
Sugg’s London Argand burner of 1869 This model was first prescribed by the Metropolitan Gas Referees for London
as the Standard Burner to be used for testing the gas supplied to the Metropolis,being used with a fixed gas consumption rate of 5 cubic feet per hour.
This remained the standard test until 1900 when a test based on theluminosity of the burner was adopted.
Sugg Argand burners[left] The London [right] The Governor
Sugg London Argand burner with support for shade
Sugg’s London Argand burners with shade and screen [left] Viennese design [right] Westminster design
Sugg ornamental gas fitting in use around 1878Dining room ventilating light
Sugg’s Ventilating Sun Burner of 1883
Sugg Sun ventilating gas burner clusterPlan from below
Sugg Sun ventilating gas light [right]
Sugg’s Oriental lantern
Sugg recuperative gas lampsThe casings were usually made of decorated Doulton pottery,
which was richly embellished and beautifully decorated
Advertisement from The Illustrated News of 1887
Lighting comparison: Sugg Aladdin lamp versus No.7 Union Jet
Three Sugg inverted gas lamps with Doulton pottery casings
Catalogue of 1886