1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class 7.: Forrest and Barr
1598. FORREST and BARR, Glasgow.
Wood planing and moulding machine, for ship builders timber merchants, house and waggon builders.
Patent safety derrick crane, for engineers, foundries, contractors, wharves, railways, quarries, and builders a planing and moulding machine.
The following machinery exhibited and manufactured by Forrest and Barr may be seen in operation in London, Glasgow, and many other towns in England, Scotland, and Ireland; as also in America, Australia, and Russia, and many places on the Continent.
CRANES:-
1. PATENT SAFETY DERRICK CRANE as represented in accompanying illustration, driven either by hand or steam power, made of any size required, for lifting from 1 to 50 tons. These cranes are extensively used by house and ship builders, quarriers, saw millers, etc.; and are highly valued for their convenience, and the security against the falling of the jib, which the patent arrangement affords.
2. FOUNDRY CRANES of all sizes, with improved gearing by which the suspended load can be moved, and set to the required position, with steadiness and precision.
3. WHARF CRANES of all sizes and of various descriptions, suitable for particular positions.
4. WAREHOUSE CRANE, and various other winches and hoisting apparatus required for the storing of goods.
5. PORTABLE STEAM WINCH for building purposes; engine and boiler placed upon a carriage. This is a very compact and useful machine, and can be applied to a variety of purposes.
6. STEAM WINCH for ships' decks. This machine is extensively used for loading and discharging ships, etc.
WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY:-
1 PLANING, MOULDING, TONGUEING, AND GROOVING MACHINE. This machine, which is represented in the above illustration, not only prepares all the various sizes of flooring, lining, and ship's deck planks, but is also adapted for the working of any form of moulding, from 12 in. in breadth, and 4 in. in thickness downwards. Ship builder's larger size, 24 inches broad and 6 inches thick.
2. MOULDING MACHINE, arranged for working mouldings only. This is a very beautiful, highly finished, and convenient machine. It has only been 3 years in use but during that time it has been much admired by all who have seen it in action. A number of samples of mouldings worked at the City Saw Mills, Glasgow, by it, are exhibited.
3. VERTICAL DIRECT-ACTING STEAM SAW FRAME, with single crank, for cutting square timber. This is a most substantial and compact machine. One has been in use over eight years, running at a high velocity, without requiring any repair, and has given the greatest satisfaction.
4. VERTICAL SAW FRAME for cutting square timbers, driven by belts and pulleys with crank shaft, either above or below the frame. These machines are constructed in a very substantial manner, and have been highly approved of.
5. SAW FRAME for cutting deals, driven from either above or below, and in which the deals are carried forward to the saws by rollers.
6. Combined machine for shipbuilders and others, comprising CIRCULAR SAW, BREAKING or OPENING SAW, and SQUARING MACHINE.
7. CIRCULAR SAW TABLES of various other descriptions and sizes, with or without self-acting feed gear, and with improved guides.
Forrest and Barr also manufacture high-pressure condensing and compound steam engines, with steam-cased cylinder, variable expansive gearing, surface condenser, and other fuel-economising improvements; dye-wood chipping and grinding mills; grain mills; sugar mills; and shafting and gearing of every description.
Engravings of the foregoing machinery, and full particulars as regards price, etc. may be obtained on application.