Garstang and Co
From Graces Guide
James H Garstang & Co of Bank Top Foundry, Blackburn, Lancashire
- Bank Top Foundry was owned by James Henry Garstang (1870) and then Ashton, Frost and Co (1878)[1]
- Shepherd, Mulliner, & Garstang, MILLWRIGHTS, ENGINEERS, AND IRON FOUNDERS BANK TOP FOUNDRY, BLACKBURN, (late with Messrs. Wren and Hopkinson, Manchester), Makers of High-pressure, Condensing, and Compound Engines; Millwright work in all its branches ; Mohler patent self-lubricating Bearings; Hydraulic Presses and Pumps ; hand and power Crane, of every description Ramsbottom's rope-power Cranes, with all the latest improvements ; Hoists for Mills and Warehouses.
S. M and G. beg to call attention to their stock of Patterns for Devil, Mitre, and Spur Wheels ; also Fly Wheels and Spur Fly Wheels ; Pedestals, Wall Boxes, Beams, Pillars, and Engine Pattcrns of every description.
Equilibrium, Junction, and Stop Valves of all sizes.
Estimates for any of the above, and for Foundry work in general, on application'[2]
- MESSRS, GARSTANG AND Co. have the pleasure to state that they have RE-OPENED their Iron Works at Bank Top Foundry, trust that by continuing to execute first-class work, they may obtain extended patronage.
Garstang & Co., MILLWRIGHTS, ENGINEERS. AND IRONFOUNDERS, Bank Top Foundry, Blackburn, Makers of High Pressure, Condensing, and Compound Engines. Mohler’s Patent Self-lubricating Bearings - Patent Metallic Pistons - Hydraulic Presses and Pumps - Hand and Power Grants of every description. —-Ramsbottom’s rope power Cranes, with the latest improvements.——Hoists for Mills, Warehouses, and Hotels. Equilibrium, Junction, and Stop Valves. Sole makers and Licensees of Turner’s Patent Air Pump Buckets. Millwrights’ work in all its branches. Cylinders, Air Poups, &c., re-bored without removal.'[3]
- 1870 Horizontal steam pumping engine for Rylands and Sons, Gidlow and Swinley Collieries, Wigan. This was located at the bottom of the mine, and pumped at 325 psi water pressure. Steam cylinder 20" bore, 18" stroke.[4]
- 1873 'A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. James Henry Garstang and Jerrald Edward Willett, trading as Garstang and Willett, Bank Top Foundry, Blackburn, engineers, millwrights, and ironfounders, was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the Clarence Hotel, Manchester. The meeting was convened by Messrs. Boote and Edgar, solicitors, Manchester, and Messrs. Holden and olden, solicitors, Bolton. Mr. J. Kevan, of the firm J Kevan, accountants, read the statement of affairs, which showed the liabilities to be £13,328, and assets £10,950. Liquidation by arrangement was agreed upon, and Mr. Handley, of H. Vaughan and Co., accountant*, Princess-street, Manchester, was appointed trustee.'[5]