William Abell
From Graces Guide
William Abell steam engine formerly at The Silk Mill, Derby’s Museum of Industry and History
and William Abell Ltd, of Brook Street Iron Works, Derby
1851 Silk throwing machinery 'recently erected' by William Abell, the property of Thompson and Co, Cavendish Street, Derby, advertised for sale [1]
Iron and brass founders, makers of a variety of machines. [2]
1863 Maker of "superior calendering machine for Elastic Webbing"[3]
c.1872 Asked Henry Davey to join them but he declined. Abells set up the Sun Foundry works for Davey in Leeds.
c.1906 Single cylinder steam engine for Derby Malt Vinegar Co. Removed to Derby Industrial Museum in 1986.[4]
1910 William Abell of Uttoxeter New Road, Derby, died on 22 October, aged 66.[5]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Derby Mercury, 30 April 1851
- ↑ Advertisement in 'Days in Derbyshire' by Spencer T Hall, 1863
- ↑ Coventry Herald 08 August 1863
- ↑ Plate 40, ‘The End of a Revolution: The Last Days of Stationary Steam’ by Colin Bowden, Landmark Publishing Ltd., 2008
- ↑ Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal - Friday 28 April 1911