Harts Hill Ironworks
From Graces Guide
of Dudley (Brierley Hill)
1856? Installed a beam engine to drive a rolling mill. Cylinder 48" bore, 8 ft stroke. The engine was photographed by George Watkins in 1938 [1]. G Watkins considered that the maker may have been Holcroft and Co., or Perry [2]
1890 This was one of the Hingley family's partnerships - the other became N. Hingley and Sons[3].
1906 Company incorporated [4].
By c.1922 was owned by N. Hingley and Sons.
A hand-operated overhead crane by Holt and Willetts can be seen in a photograph of Harts Hill Ironworks taken by George Watkins in 1938 [5]
Connected with Edward Hill and Co and Hill and Smith of Brierley Hill Ironworks?
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Plate 135, 'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain: Volume 5' by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd
- ↑ 'The Steam Engine in Industry; Mining and the Metal Trades' by George Watkins. Moorland Publishing
- ↑ National Archives [1]
- ↑ The Times, Jun 29, 1948
- ↑ Plate 135, 'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain: Volume 5' by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd