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Dorset Iron Foundry
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Dorset Ironfoundry Co Ltd of West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset
1878 Built at least one narrow-gauge locomotive.[1]
1880 Dorset Iron Foundry Company Limited. Registered September 14th 1880, Capital £5,000.[2]
1881 Mention. Mr Tarant, manager, Dorset Iron Foundry.[3]
1882 Made two small locomotives for the Auckland Timber Co., New Zealand. These could also be used for driving machinery[4][5]
Replacement sluice gates and operating mechanisms for Throop Mill, Hurn, Dorset, made by the Dorset Iron Foundry Company in Poole and by Lott and Walne, probably in 1936 [6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
- ↑ Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Saturday 25 September 1880
- ↑ Hampshire Advertiser - Saturday 19 August 1882
- ↑ [1]Online article
- ↑ [2] Online photograph of locomotive
- ↑ [3] British Listed Buildings web page concerning Throop Mill