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|Box title = Marryat & Scott Lifts Ltd.
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|title_en= Marryat & Scott Lifts Ltd.
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|image = Image:MS_logo_escalator.png
  
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|logo= Image:Marryat_and_Scott_Logo.png
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|Row 1 title = Founded
  
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|logo_caption= Marryat & Scott logo from the 1970s, with the caption "A Member Of The Marryat Group".
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|Row 1 info = 1860s
  
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|year_established= 1891
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|Row 2 title = Founders
  
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|year_of_closure= 1979
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|Row 2 info = Joseph Richmond, Howard Marryat, Murray Scott
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|founded_by= Joseph Richmomd<br/>Howard Marryat<br/>Murray Scott
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|Row 3 title = Preceded by
  
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|division_of=
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|Row 3 info = Richmond Lifts
  
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|status= Defunct, acquired by [[Kone]]
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|Row 4 title = Succeeded by
  
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|manufactures= Elevators/lifts
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|Row 4 info = Kone Marryat & Scott
  
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|headquarters= Hounslow, Middlesex, England
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|Row 5 title = Acquired by
  
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|service_locations= Worldwide
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|Row 5 info = [[Kone]]
  
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|preceded_by= Richmond Lifts
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|Row 6 title = Defunct
  
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|succeeded_by= [[Kone Marryat Scott]]
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|Row 6 info = 1979}}
  
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|subsidiary_of= Marryat & Scott Holdings Ltd.
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'''Marryat & Scott''' was an old British elevator/lift manufacturer. It has since been acquired by Kone in 1979.
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|subsidiaries= • John Bennie Ltd.<br />• K. Munro & Sons, Ltd.<br />• Marris's Engineer Ltd.<br />• Marryat & Place Ltd.<br />• T.C. Cameron Cooper}}'''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==
  
==History==
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Marryat & Scott was founded by Joseph Richmond in the 1860s. 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'''. [[Kone]] then took over the company in 1979 and their products was branded as '''Kone Marryat & Scott''' until in the early 1980s. The operating business in Hong Kong and Singapore was taken over by Kone, and they are now known as simply Kone.
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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'''.
   
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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<ref>[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19760323-1.2.65.16?ST=1&AT=search&k=marryat%20&%20scott%20lifts&QT=marryat&oref=article Computerised lift for fast and efficient service - The Straits Times, 23 March 1976, Page 14] - NewspaperSG</ref>.
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In 1979, a company named "'''ALS'''" ('''Associated Lift Services''') was established by former staffs of Marryat & Scott who do not want to work for Kone when Marryat & Scott was taken over.<ref>[http://beno.org.uk/lift/als.html ALS Lift Company in Beno Lift Guide]</ref>
  
   
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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.).
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==Notable installations==
  
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===United Kingdom===
  
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*Hatton Garden
  
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*Gunnersbury Court, Acton
  
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*Tower House, Redhill
  
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*Alders, Croydon (now closed)
  
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*Whitgift Centre, Croydon (now closed)<ref>Used to have very rare Marryat & Scott escalators.</ref>
  
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*Mothercare store, Newport
  
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*St. Andrew Church, Worchester
  
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*St. Johns Hotel, Solihull
  
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*Union Square, parking garage Torquay, Devon
  
   
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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<ref>[http://beno.org.uk/lift/als.html ALS Lift Company in Beno Lift Guide]</ref>.
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===Hong Kong===
  
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*Chek Tsui House, Wan Tsui Estate, Hong Kong (1980)<ref name="Otis">Elevators in these building will be replaced by [[Otis]] shortly. [http://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20131743/egn201317436431.pdf]</ref>
  
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*Fook Tsui House, Wan Tsui Estate, Hong Kong (1980)<ref name="Otis"/>
  
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*Wan Tsui Shopping Centre, Hong Kong (1980)<ref>Only 1 of the 4 elevator installed by them.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7WyhfvlWgQ] Another 3 of the 4 elevators are installed by [[Sabiem Elevator]].[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4WP_RAako8] It was later modernized by Kone in late 2012.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=metRHXBL3Rc][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dLixThikmU]<!--Not replaced--></ref>
  
   
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===Singapore===
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==Locations==
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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:
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*Blk. 10 Teban Gardens HDB, Singapore (1977)<ref>Inoperational since 2013.</ref>
  
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*Brighton
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*HDB blocks in Holland Village, Singapore<ref>Demolished as part of SERS scheme.</ref>
  
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*Cambridge
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**Block 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 31, and few others in Holland Close.
  
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*Chelmsford
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**Block. 13<ref>Refurbished by Thames Valley Controls. There are also two additional elevators installed by [[Otis]] in the 1990s (now modernized into IFE elevators).</ref>
  
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*Bristol
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*Jalan Bukit Merah HDB blocks, Singapore<ref>Already phased out as part of [[Lift Upgrading Programme]] (LUP) scheme.</ref>
  
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*Exeter
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*Blk. 168A Queensway HDB, Singapore<ref>Refurbished by Thames Valley Controls in the 1990s as part of Main Upgrading Programme (MUP) scheme.</ref>
  
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*Birmingham
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*Nottingham
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*Cardiff
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*Manchester
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*Liverpool
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*Leeds
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*York
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*Sheffield
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*Leicester
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*Oxford
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*Penzance
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*Newcastle upon Tyne
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*Glasgow, Scotland
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*Edinburgh, Scotland
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*Dundee, Scotland
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*Aberdeen, Scotland
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*Dublin, Ireland
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*Cork, Ireland
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*Belfast
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Marryat & Scott also had overseas branches in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, and Trinidad and Tobago.
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==Overseas distributors==
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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:
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|A & G Price Ltd.
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|New Zealand
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|Based in Auckland
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|A. G. Bruty Ltd.
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|Ireland
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|Alpin Elevators Co. Ltd.
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|Canada
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|Based in Quebec
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|Anglo-Electromatic Elevators Ltd.
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|Canada
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|Based in Ontario
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|Breyner & Wirth Ltd.
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|Mozambique
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|Burma Independance Co., Ltd.
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|Myanmar
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|Central Foundry Ltd.
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|Barbados
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|Colombo Commercial Co. Ltd.
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|Sri Lanka
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|Davie Boag & Co. Ltd.
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|British Hong Kong
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|Davidson-Arnott & Co. Ltd.
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|Trinidad
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|Electro-Mechanical Equipment Co.
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|Malta
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|Electro-Trading Co.
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|Iceland
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|Eletrex Co.
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|Egypt
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|Ellison's Electrical Engineers Ltd.
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|Southern Rhodesia
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|Evans, Barnes & Fitz (Pty.) Ltd.
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|South Africa
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|F & C. Osler Ltd.
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|India<br/>Pakistan
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|Grey MacKenzie & Co. Ltd.
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|Iraq
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|Based in Busreh
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|Isaac M. Sarfaty & Son Ltd.
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|Israel
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|John Fleming & Co. Ltd.
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|India
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|Based in Mumbai (then Bombay)
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|Kettles-Roy & Tysons Ltd.
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|Kenya
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|Latiff Supplies Ltd.
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|Kuwait
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|Nicholas Radovich
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|Greece
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|Paterson Simons & Co. Ltd.
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|Singapore<br/>Malaysia
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|PS&C was also a distributor of [[Sabiem]] elevators in both countries.
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|Ramos & Ramos
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|Portugal
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|Based in Funchal, Madeira<br/>This company was also a distributor of [[Sabiem]] elevators.
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|Russel Searle Ltd.
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|New Zealand
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|Based in Wellington
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|Rivzi Ltd.
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|Pakistan
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|S. Davson & Co. Ltd.
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|Guinea
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|Solorzano Villa Pereira Co. Ltda.
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|Nicaragua
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|Stephen Lynch & Co. Ltd.
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|Iraq
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|Based in Baghdad
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|Suney S.A.
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|Uruguay
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|The Lynch Co. Ltd.
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|Iran
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|The Oriental Machinery Stores
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|Thailand
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==Notable installations==
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{{Main|List of notable Marryat & Scott elevator installations}}
   
 
==Trivia==
  
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*In Scotland, the company was operating under the name "John Bennie Limited".
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*Marryat & Scott also has its businesses in Kenya, Uganda, and some parts of Africa since 50 years ago. The company, however, has been operated by Kone.
  
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*Marryat & Scott was also a distributor of [[Thyssen]] escalators in both England and British Hong Kong in the 1970s-1980s. It also appears to be a distributor of [[Sabiem]] elevators in England.
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*Marryat & Scott also manufactures very few escalator products in the United Kingdom only.
  
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*In the early 1970s, Marryat & Scott supplied elevators for [[Elevators of Housing and Development Board, Singapore|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<ref>[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19720214-1.2.66.6?ST=1&AT=search&k=general%20engineering%20and%20trading%20lifts&QT=general,engineering,and,trading,lifts&oref=article $7mil contract - The Straits Times, 14 February 1972, Page 13] - NewspaperSG</ref> and the brand names are not displayed in the elevator cars.
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*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.<ref>[https://www.kone.ug/about-us/kone-as-a-company/ Kone as a company - Kone Uganda]</ref>
   
 
==Gallery==
  
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
  
<gallery>
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MS lift singapore.jpg|An old 1970s Marryat & Scott elevator at Blk. 10 Teban Garden HDB, Singapore.
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MS lift singapore.jpg|An old 1970s Marryat & Scott elevator at Block 10 Teban Garden HDB, Singapore. This elevator is no longer exist as the building has been demolished due to Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS).
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Thyssen MS escalator.jpg|The sign of the Thyssen escalators with Marryat & Scott names on the signs (currently maintained by Kone).
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MS_logo_escalator.png|The logo of [[Rheinstahl]] [[Eggers-Kehrhahn]] on a RE-K escalator (installed by Marryat & Scott) in the former Allders store in Croydon, United Kingdom.
 
</gallery>
  
</gallery>
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==Note==
  
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<references/>
  
   
 
==See also==
  
==See also==
 
*[[Dewhurst]]
  
*[[Dewhurst]]
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*[[List of Marryat & Scott elevator fixtures]]
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{{Reflist}}
   
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==External link==
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==External links==
 
*[http://beno.org.uk/lift/marryatscott.html Marryat & Scott in Beno Lift Guide]
  
*[http://beno.org.uk/lift/marryatscott.html Marryat & Scott in Beno Lift Guide]
   
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Revision as of 03:12, 10 April 2020

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.

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. It also appears to be a distributor of Sabiem elevators in England.
  • 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

  1. ↑ Computerised lift for fast and efficient service - The Straits Times, 23 March 1976, Page 14 - NewspaperSG
  2. ↑ ALS Lift Company in Beno Lift Guide
  3. ↑ $7mil contract - The Straits Times, 14 February 1972, Page 13 - NewspaperSG
  4. ↑ Kone as a company - Kone Uganda

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