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