J. and G. Joicey and Co
J. and G. Joicey and Co of Forth Banks West Factory, Newcastle, offices 29/21 Quay.
1828 George Joicey and (presumably) his brother James invested in a colliery at Tanfield Moor.
The company was first known as J. and G. Joicey and Company
After 1829 the colliery business became known as James Joicey and Co.
1850 James and George Joicey, Engineers[1]
1867-94 Made around twenty-four locomotives for colliery and factory use
1886 Joicey's largest and smallest colliery tank locomotives illustrated in 'The Engineer' (see illustration). The smaller engine was 3' 6", made small and light for working above coke ovens when charging them with coal [2]
1886 Description of large horizontal compound engine for driving the machinery in the extensions made to the Portland Cement Works of the Union Cement Co, Wallsend-on-Tyne. Cylinders 20 in. and 30 in. in diameter, stroke 5 ft. Flywheel 20 ft. diameter, grooved for 15 round cotton ropes. Second motion pulley 10 ft. in diameter.[3]
1886 Description and engraving of vertical steam pump, originally designed principally for ships’ use as a water ballast feed and bilge pump. [4]
1890 J. and G. Joicey and Co, Pottery Lane, Forth banks, Newcastle[5], boiler makers, brass founders, engineers, iron founders.
1914 of Forth banks, Newcastle[6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Ward's Northumberland and Durham Directory, 1850
- ↑ 'The Engineer' 15th January 1886
- ↑ Engineering 1886/02/19
- ↑ Engineering 1886/08/20
- ↑ Ward's Directory of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1890
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Northumberland, 1914
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
- The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978/9. ISBN 0-903485-65-6
- Aberconway Chapter X
- Biography of Sir James Joicey, ODNB [1]