J. Mowle and Co
of Chester
The Egerton Iron and Brass Foundry, operated by James Mowle and Co. in 1871 and Mowle and Meacock by 1892, was located between Crewe Street and Albert Street, but had been demolished by 1910 when Egerton Street school was built on the site [1]
Ironfounders and engineers - See James Michael Boxer Mowle and his son John Adolph Mowle
Successors to Williams and Mowle
1862 Advertisement. Jas. Mowle and Co (late Williams ands Mowle). Iron and Brass founders, Engineers, Boiler makers etc. Manufacturers of Steam Engines and Boilers, Machinery....Egerton Street Foundry, Chester'[2]
1880 Constructed a horizontal single-cylinder steam engine which drove the lead rolling mill at Sheldon, Bush and Patent Shot Co, Bristol,[3]
1881 Employing about 70 men and 13 boys.[4]
became Mowle and Meacock
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [1] British History Online webpage, from 'A History of the County of Chester: Volume 5 part 1: The City of Chester: General History and Topography'
- ↑ Chester Chronicle - Saturday 09 August 1862
- ↑ ‘Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Volume 6: The South Midlands‘, by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd
- ↑ 1881 census