Pigott and Farrar

Piggott & Farrar overhead crane at Wortley Top Forge

Pigott & Farrar of the Old Foundry, Barnsley

Listed in White's Sheffield & District Directory, 1871, as engineers, millwrights, boiler makers and brass and iron founders.

1866 'Monster Casting — On Monday evening last, a ponderous fly wheel, cast by Messrs. Pigott and Farrar, of Barnsley, for a firm in Sheffield, was exhibited in Peel square, prior to being conveyed to its destination the following morning. It weighs from fourteen to fifteen tons, and the united strength of sixteen horses was required to take it to Sheffield.'

1866 'A new machine for the making of crucibles for melting steel, &c., has just been put down at the Norfolk Works, Sheffield ; and so successful have the results turned out that several orders have been received for duplicates from some of the leading houses in the steel trade. The makers are Messrs. Pigott and Farrar, of Barnsley, and the machines turn out with ease, with the aid of seven men, as much as could be done by 30 men under the present system by hand. It is needless to say that the machines are anything but popular with the men, but there can be little doubt of their coming into general use.'

1875 'Messrs. Pigott and Farrar, of the same place [Barnsley], are busily engaged in producing air-compressing engines, a speciality for which they are noted. They have just put down a pair of engines at the Brightside Colliery, near Sheffield, which are about the largest yet made. The entire weight of the engines and appliances being no less than 160 tons.'

1879 Crane on display at Wortley Top Forge

1879 Sale notice: 'BY MR HENRY SHERLEY PRICE. TO ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, MILLWRIGHTS, AND IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS. TO BE SOLD, persuant to an Order of the High Court of Justloe, Chancery Division, made in an Action of PIGOTT v. FARRAR, 1879, .... TWO LOTS,by MR. HENRY SHERLEY PRICE (of the firm Wheatley, Kirk, Price, and Goulty), .... VALUABLE FREEHOLD WORKS KNOWN AS "THE OLD FOUNDRY," situate in Summer Lane, in Barnsley, in the county of York, with the Steam Engines, Boilers, Going Gear, Fixed Plant and Machinery, loose Tools and Implements of Trade, now occupied and used by Messrs. Pigott and Farrar, in the carrying on their business Engineers, Boiler Makers, Millwrights, and Iron and Brass Founders, together with the Good Will of the said business. ... A stream of water called Wenneybrook Dyke runs through the property, and water therefromis used for generating steam and for condensing and other purposes of tbs Works. ...'

1881 'On Monday Mr. Henry Sherley Price (Wheatley Kirk, Price, and Goulty, of Manchester), offered for sale by order of the Court of Chancery the freehold works known as "The Old Foundry," situate in Summer-lane, Barnsley, and the goodwill of the business of Pigott and Farrar, ironfounders, mechanics, &c. The site contains about 9,400 square yards, and is covered with substantial buildings adapted to carrying on the business. There is an ample supply of water to the property, and also a manager's house, &c. It was put up at £3,000, and after very slow biddings, was knocked down at £4,260 to Mr. Fowler, of Sheffield. The same day he re-sold the property to Mr. Farrar, one of the late proprietors, for £4,750.'

1893 'THE OLD FOUNDRY, BARNSLEY. The Old Foundry, Barnsley, after being for half century the leading establishment in South Yorkshire for all kinds of colliery and general iron work, has been at last completely dismantled, its large plant dispersed to all parts of the country. Messsrs. Lancaster and Sons have been engaged during the whole week selling off its contents, which had been divided for the purpose into 1,500 lots, and yesterday afternoon they practically completed their work, only a few lots which are to be sold by tender remaining. When carried on by the late Mr. R. Inns, J.P., and later under Messrs. Pigott and Farrar, the concern was very successful, but disagreements ending in law suits came, and the business ceased to prosper. It was eventually taken over by James Farrar and Co., Limited, as a going concern, under Mr. Farrar's management, and the company eventually went into liquidation.
The prices at which some of the machines sold are perhaps worth notice. A modern and powerful self-acting planing machine, with plane 28ft. by 7ft. 2in. and 7ft. high, bed 38ft. long, with broad V.s, 42in. centre, table 26ft. and 6ft. wide, which cost £l,l00 a few years ago, and which at the last sale made £480, fell for £320; a 21in. self-acting double-geared sliding and surfacing break lathe made £95; ....'

1895 'Mr. John Turner Pigott, eldest son of the late Mr. Jno. Birks Pigott, and brother of Mr. H. Pigott, J.P., Barnsley, died at Berlin early in the present week. Deceased was for many years head of the firm of Pigott and Farrar, the Old Foundry, Barnsley, and sat for a short time in Barnsley Town Council.'

1899 A pair of Pigott & Farrar haulage engines was included in the sale of plant at Grimesthorpe Colliery.

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