Sampson Moore
Sampson Moore (1812-1874) of Sampson Moore and Co
1812 Born at Staveley the son of Sampson Moore, a Tailor and Draper, and his wife Alice Cadman
1833 Married (1) at Liverpool to Elizabeth Grindle and had two daughters and two sons
1854 Advert: 'NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the PARTNERSHIP lately subsisting between the undersigned THOMAS GARNETT and SAMPSON MOORE, carrying on the business of Millwrights, Engineers, Iron-founders, and Boiler Makers, at the North Foundry, in Liverpool, In the county of Lancaster, upon the 30th day of June now last past, DISSOLVED by mutual consent; all DEBTS owing to and payable by the said late Partnership will be received and discharged by the undersigned SAMPSON MOORE, by whom the business will in future be carried on.....'[1]
1857 Ironmonger, of North William Street[2]
1859 Death of his wife
1862: 3rd March, patent sealed: Sampson Moore of Liverpool, engineer, millwright and engineer, for certain improvements in machinery for compressing and cutting tobacco.[3]
1864 Sampson Moore, North Foundry, William Street, Clarence Dock, Liverpool.[4]
1864 Married (2) at Knotty Ash to Eleanor Fleetwood
1864 Patent No. 208 to Sampson Moore, of the North Foundry, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Millwright and Engineer, for an invention of "an improved overhead travelling jib-crane, for facilitating the loading and discharging of navigable vessels, and for lifting and removing heavy bodies generally, parts of which improvements are also applicable to overhead crab-winches or travelling jennies." — Dated 25th January, 1864. This became void in 1867 by reason of the non-payment of the additional Stamp Duty of £50, before the expiration of the third year from the date of such Patents. [5]
1866 'Two more steam cranes are to be erected at the dockyard, on the Anchor-wharf, one occupying the site of No. 3 crane, which has been removed. The new cranes will be supplied by Mr. Sampson Moore, of the North Foundry, Liverpool. Each will be capable of lifting 10 tons. In consequence of the construction of iron ships here, more powerful cranes have been required, and a number of new ones have been introduced capable of lifting from 10 to 32 tons. The two cranes about to be erected will be used in assisting to land the iron which will be used in the construction of the new ships, the Monarch and the Hercules, which will shortly be commenced here. The foundations for these cranes are being constructed by Messrs. Foord and Sons, the Government contractors.' [6]
1866 Description and illustrations of rope-driven overhead travelling cranes. 'One admirably executed example exists in the great fitting shop of the Mersey Steel and Iron Company, at Liverpool, which we have seen at work, engaged in raising and transporting very heavy loads, with perfect success.' [7]
1869 Address: North Foundry, Cotton Street[8].
1870 'DUST BINS. Among the recommendations of the Health Committee was one for accepting the tender of Mr. Sampson Moore for supplying and fixing dust bins to the walls of courts, for 11s. 8d. each.'[9]
1874 July 3rd. Died. At Liverpool of the 3rd Inst., aged 62 years, Sampson Moore, millwright and engineer, North Foundry, and only surviving brother of Mr. Edward Moore, the Ford, Baslow.[10]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Liverpool Mail, 15 July 1854
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post - Tuesday 11 August 1857
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post, 6 September 1862
- ↑ 1864 Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- ↑ [1] London Gazette, 1 Feb 1867
- ↑ Morning Post - Monday 14 May 1866
- ↑ [2] Practical Mechanic's Journal, 1 November 1866. Plates: after p.224; text: p.242
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post, 12 February 1869
- ↑ Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser, 6 January 1870
- ↑ Glossop-dale Chronicle and North Derbyshire Reporter - Saturday 18 July 1874