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[[Image:JD_Egerton01.jpg|thumb|Operating mechanism at Birkenhead]] | [[Image:JD Daglish Leonie01.jpg|thumb|1858 pumping engine for the Léonie coal mine, France]] | ||
[[Image:JD_Egerton02.jpg|thumb|Detail of operating mechanism at Birkenhead]] | [[Image:JD_Egerton01.jpg|thumb| Operating mechanism at Birkenhead]] | ||
[[Image:Im1869EnV27-p032. | [[Image:JD_Egerton02.jpg|thumb| Detail of operating mechanism at Birkenhead]] | ||
[[Image:Im1869EnV27-p032.jpg|thumb| 1869.]] | |||
[[image:Im1869EnV28-p398.jpg|thumb| 1869. Black ash furnace, British Alkali Works.]] | [[image:Im1869EnV28-p398.jpg|thumb| 1869. Black ash furnace, British Alkali Works.]] | ||
[[image:Im1872EV14-p371.jpg |thumb| | [[image:Im1872EV14-p371.jpg |thumb| 1872. Revolving Furnace for The Manufacture of Black Ash. ]] | ||
[[Image:JD_1874_Daglish01.jpg|thumb|1874 Rolling mill engine]] | [[Image:JD_1874_Daglish01.jpg|thumb| 1874 Rolling mill engine]] | ||
[[image:Im1876POWor-Dag8.jpg|thumb| 1876.]] | [[image:Im1876POWor-Dag8.jpg|thumb| 1876.]] | ||
[[image:Im1880v30-p298.jpg|thumb|1880.]] | [[image:Im1880v30-p298.jpg|thumb| 1880.]] | ||
[[image:Im1888KD-Dag.jpg|thumb| 1888. ]] | [[image:Im1888KD-Dag.jpg|thumb| 1888. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1891POLon-Dag.jpg|thumb| 1891. ]] | [[image:Im1891POLon-Dag.jpg|thumb| 1891. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im1898EYB-Dag.jpg |thumb| 1898. ]] | [[Image:Im1898EYB-Dag.jpg |thumb| 1898. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im1898EYB-Dag3.jpg |thumb| 1898. ]] | [[Image:Im1898EYB-Dag3.jpg |thumb| 1898. ]] | ||
[[Image:JD_Daglish_Drum.jpg|thumb|80-ton mine winding drum]] | [[Image:JD_Daglish_Drum.jpg|thumb| 1894. 33 ft diameter, 80-ton mine winding drum.]] | ||
[[Image:JD 2019 Daglish1.jpg|thumb|Colliery winding engine with Corliss valve gear. 16ft dia drum, 30" bore cylinders, 5ft stroke. <ref>The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries, by T. Campbell Futers, Vol 1, published by the Colliery Guardian Co</ref>]] | |||
[[Image:JD 2019 Daglish2.jpg|thumb|Colliery winding engine with Daglish valve gear. Two 12ft dia drums. Cylinders 20" bore, 3ft stroke <ref>The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries, by T. Campbell Futers, Vol 1, published by the Colliery Guardian Co</ref>]] | |||
[[Image:JD 2019 Daglish3.jpg|thumb|Internal cone winding drum, 8ft to 13ft dia. <ref>The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries, by T. Campbell Futers, Vol 1, published by the Colliery Guardian Co</ref>]] | |||
[[Image:1918RobtDaglishCoA.jpg|thumb|1918. ]] | [[image:Im1906KE-RobertDaglish.jpg |thumb| 1906. ]] | ||
[[Image:10-67-25.jpg|thumb|Daglish's Patent Cut-off Gear]] | [[image:Im1906KE-RbtDahlish.jpg |thumb| 1906. ]] | ||
[[Image:1918RobtDaglishCoB.jpg|thumb|1918. ]] | [[Image:1918RobtDaglishCoA.jpg|thumb| 1918. ]] | ||
[[Image:10-67-25.jpg|thumb| Daglish's Patent Cut-off Gear]] | |||
[[Image:1918RobtDaglishCoB.jpg|thumb| 1918. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im1923MWYB-Daglish.jpg|thumb| 1923.]] | |||
[[Image:Im1926EYB-Dag.jpg|thumb| 1926. ]] | [[Image:Im1926EYB-Dag.jpg|thumb| 1926. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im1926EYB-Dag2.jpg|thumb| 1926. ]] | [[Image:Im1926EYB-Dag2.jpg|thumb| 1926. ]] | ||
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'''Robert Daglish and Co''' of St. Helens Foundry Engine and Boiler Works | '''Robert Daglish and Co''' of St. Helens Foundry Engine and Boiler Works | ||
1798 Company Established | 1798 Company Established | ||
1812 [[Robert Daglish]] built a locomotive known as the [[Yorkshire Horse]] while at the [[Orrell Colliery]] | 1812 [[Robert Daglish]] built a locomotive known as the [[Robert Daglish: Yorkshire Horse| Yorkshire Horse]] while at the [[Orrell Colliery]] | ||
1849 'The [[Great Howard Street Bridge|North Railway Station at Liverpool]] ... in Waterloo Road ... Upwards from the Waterloo station, the station extends under Great Howard-street, which is supported by a neat iron bridge, of 116 feet span, erected by R. Daglish, jun., St. Helens<ref>Liverpool Mail - Saturday 15 September 1849</ref>. See [[Great Howard Street Bridge (Liverpool)]]. | |||
1850 Operating mechanism (for lock gates?) at Egerton Wharf, Birkenhead. Marked 'Daglish Junr. St Helens Foundry' (see photos) | 1850 Operating mechanism (for lock gates?) at Egerton Wharf, Birkenhead. Marked 'Daglish Junr. St Helens Foundry' (see photos) | ||
1852 Partnership change. '... the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, [[Robert Daglish]], [[Robert Daglish (1809-1883)|Robert Daglish the younger]], John Thompson, and Edward Thompson, lately carrying on business at Saint Helens, in the county of Lancaster, as Civil Engineers and Iron Founders, under the firm of '''Robert Daglish, junior, and Company''', was dissolved on the 30th day of June 1850, by mutual consent...'<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21283/page/170 The London Gazette Publication date:20 January 1852 Issue:21283 Page:170]</ref> | |||
1858 Large pumping engine for the Léonie coal mine, Bouches du Rhone, near Marseilles. 84" bore, 10 ft stroke. Cylinder and jacket weighed 24.5 tons. See illustration.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/practicalme2818631864glas#page/29/mode/1up] Practical Mechanic's Journal, May 1, 1863. Note: high resolution version of drawing available</ref> | |||
1858 'A large brass screw propeller, for the steamer Doris, was sent on Tuesday from the foundry of Mr. R. Daglish, at St. Helen's, for Plymouth, where the vessel is being built. The screw was made according to Griffiths's patent, and is one of the largest brass screws made in this district, being 20 feet from blade to blade, and weighing upwards of 12 tons.'<ref> Liverpool Mercury, 2 July 1858 </ref> | |||
1864 '''Daglish and Windus''' Plate Bending Machine, page 199 of [[The Engineer 1864/04/01]]. | 1864 '''Daglish and Windus''' Plate Bending Machine, page 199 of [[The Engineer 1864/04/01]]. | ||
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1866 Two Single Cylinder Rotative beam Engine for Bristol Waterworks (Chelvey Station) | 1866 Two Single Cylinder Rotative beam Engine for Bristol Waterworks (Chelvey Station) | ||
1874 Daglish's horizontal boring machine described in 'Engineering' | 1874 Daglish's horizontal boring machine described in 'Engineering'<ref>'Engineering' magazine, 23rd October 1874</ref> | ||
1874 Two cylinder rolling mill engine for the [[Mersey Steel and Iron Co]], Liverpool. Cylinders 36" dia, 4 ft stroke. Max speed 250 rpm <ref>'Engineering' 20th February 1874</ref>. | 1874 Two cylinder rolling mill engine for the [[Mersey Steel and Iron Co]], Liverpool. Cylinders 36" dia, 4 ft stroke. Max speed 250 rpm <ref>'Engineering' 20th February 1874</ref>. | ||
1884 Made a set of Provand's patent sea water distillation plant for use at Iquique, S America <ref>'Engineering' 30 May 1884</ref> | |||
1887 Iron-framed gold stamper battery described and illustrated <ref>[[Engineering 1887/02/11]]</ref> | |||
1887 Dissolution of the Partnership of George Heaton Daglish, of Rock Mount, Aigburth, in the county of Lancaster, Civil Engineer, Harry Bolton Daglish, of Forest House, Prescot, in the said county of Lancaster, and Robert Shaw Daglish, of Orrell Lodge, near Wigan, in the said county of Lancaster, under the firm of Robert Daglish and Co., at St. Helens, in the county of Lancaster, | |||
in the trade or business of Ironfounders, Engineers, and Millwrights, by mutual consent. All debts settled by Harry Bolton Daglish and Robert Shaw Daglish, who carred on the business<ref>London Gazette 16 Aug 1887</ref>. | |||
1890 Inverted Vertical Rotative Engine for St Helens Waterworks (Kirkby Station) | 1890 Inverted Vertical Rotative Engine for St Helens Waterworks (Kirkby Station) | ||
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1891 Advert. Engines | 1891 Advert. Engines | ||
1894 Description of winding drum of 33 ft. | |||
maximum diameter, 18 ft. minimum, 6 ft. | |||
wide on the maximum diameter, and 15 ft. 9 in. | |||
wide over the sides. Built on three cast-iron bosses 9 ft. in diameter, made in halves, with | |||
planed joints, and secured by strong bolts, each | |||
boss being bored to 21 in. in diameter, and secured | |||
to the crankshaft by four keys. Driven by engines having 45-in. cylinders by | |||
7 ft. stroke, to raise 4 tons of net coal from a depth of 763 | |||
yards. <ref>[[Engineering 1894/08/31]]</ref> | |||
1897 Horizontal Rotative Engine for St. Helens Waterworks (Eccleston Hill Station). (R. H. Daglish of St. Helens) | 1897 Horizontal Rotative Engine for St. Helens Waterworks (Eccleston Hill Station). (R. H. Daglish of St. Helens) | ||
1904 Large mine winding drum described in 'The Engineering Magazine'<ref>'The Limits and Possibilities of Deep Mining' by E H Roberton, 'The Engineering Magazine' Vol XXV1 October 1903 - March 1904 (New York, 1904)</ref>. Diameter 33 ft, weight of drum 80 tons. See photo. | 1904 Large mine winding drum described in 'The Engineering Magazine'<ref>'The Limits and Possibilities of Deep Mining' by E. H. Roberton, 'The Engineering Magazine' Vol XXV1 October 1903 - March 1904 (New York, 1904)</ref>. Diameter 33 ft, weight of drum 80 tons. See photo. | ||
1905 Supplied inverted vertical single-cylinder winding engine for [[Tirpentwys Colliery]] | 1905 Supplied inverted vertical single-cylinder winding engine for [[Tirpentwys Colliery]] | ||
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1927 Advert for winding, hauling and pumping engines and other equipment | 1927 Advert for winding, hauling and pumping engines and other equipment | ||
'''Employees | |||
A notable former apprentice was Richard John Seddon, who became Prime Minister of New Zealand <ref>[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2s11/seddon-richard-john] Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand</ref> | |||
1879 'SIXTY-SEVEN YEARS' OF SERVICE will shortly be completed by a workman named Richard Rogerson, who entered the employ of Messrs. Robert Daglish and Co., St. Helen's Engine, Boiler, Bridge Works and Foundry, St. Helen's, Lancashire, in 1812, and, his employers write, has never been in any other employ, has always been a faithful servant, and has never given the slightest trouble to them in any way. Messrs. Daglish also inform us that their cashier, who recently died, had been in their service for fifty years. Such instances as these of long service are worth recording in these days of changes and strikes.'<ref>The Graphic, 24 May 1879</ref> | |||
Latest revision as of 23:01, 14 February 2025
Robert Daglish and Co of St. Helens Foundry Engine and Boiler Works
1798 Company Established
1812 Robert Daglish built a locomotive known as the Yorkshire Horse while at the Orrell Colliery
1849 'The North Railway Station at Liverpool ... in Waterloo Road ... Upwards from the Waterloo station, the station extends under Great Howard-street, which is supported by a neat iron bridge, of 116 feet span, erected by R. Daglish, jun., St. Helens[4]. See Great Howard Street Bridge (Liverpool).
1850 Operating mechanism (for lock gates?) at Egerton Wharf, Birkenhead. Marked 'Daglish Junr. St Helens Foundry' (see photos)
1852 Partnership change. '... the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Robert Daglish, Robert Daglish the younger, John Thompson, and Edward Thompson, lately carrying on business at Saint Helens, in the county of Lancaster, as Civil Engineers and Iron Founders, under the firm of Robert Daglish, junior, and Company, was dissolved on the 30th day of June 1850, by mutual consent...'[5]
1858 Large pumping engine for the Léonie coal mine, Bouches du Rhone, near Marseilles. 84" bore, 10 ft stroke. Cylinder and jacket weighed 24.5 tons. See illustration.[6]
1858 'A large brass screw propeller, for the steamer Doris, was sent on Tuesday from the foundry of Mr. R. Daglish, at St. Helen's, for Plymouth, where the vessel is being built. The screw was made according to Griffiths's patent, and is one of the largest brass screws made in this district, being 20 feet from blade to blade, and weighing upwards of 12 tons.'[7]
1864 Daglish and Windus Plate Bending Machine, page 199 of The Engineer 1864/04/01.
1866 Two Single Cylinder Rotative beam Engine for Bristol Waterworks (Chelvey Station)
1874 Daglish's horizontal boring machine described in 'Engineering'[8]
1874 Two cylinder rolling mill engine for the Mersey Steel and Iron Co, Liverpool. Cylinders 36" dia, 4 ft stroke. Max speed 250 rpm [9].
1884 Made a set of Provand's patent sea water distillation plant for use at Iquique, S America [10]
1887 Iron-framed gold stamper battery described and illustrated [11]
1887 Dissolution of the Partnership of George Heaton Daglish, of Rock Mount, Aigburth, in the county of Lancaster, Civil Engineer, Harry Bolton Daglish, of Forest House, Prescot, in the said county of Lancaster, and Robert Shaw Daglish, of Orrell Lodge, near Wigan, in the said county of Lancaster, under the firm of Robert Daglish and Co., at St. Helens, in the county of Lancaster, in the trade or business of Ironfounders, Engineers, and Millwrights, by mutual consent. All debts settled by Harry Bolton Daglish and Robert Shaw Daglish, who carred on the business[12].
1890 Inverted Vertical Rotative Engine for St Helens Waterworks (Kirkby Station)
1890 Horizontal two-cylinder winding engine for Huncoat Colliery, Accrington[13]
1891 Advert. Engines
1894 Description of winding drum of 33 ft. maximum diameter, 18 ft. minimum, 6 ft. wide on the maximum diameter, and 15 ft. 9 in. wide over the sides. Built on three cast-iron bosses 9 ft. in diameter, made in halves, with planed joints, and secured by strong bolts, each boss being bored to 21 in. in diameter, and secured to the crankshaft by four keys. Driven by engines having 45-in. cylinders by 7 ft. stroke, to raise 4 tons of net coal from a depth of 763 yards. [14]
1897 Horizontal Rotative Engine for St. Helens Waterworks (Eccleston Hill Station). (R. H. Daglish of St. Helens)
1904 Large mine winding drum described in 'The Engineering Magazine'[15]. Diameter 33 ft, weight of drum 80 tons. See photo.
1905 Supplied inverted vertical single-cylinder winding engine for Tirpentwys Colliery
1919 Advert for engines for winding, hauling and pumping and other equipment
1927 Advert for winding, hauling and pumping engines and other equipment
Employees
A notable former apprentice was Richard John Seddon, who became Prime Minister of New Zealand [16]
1879 'SIXTY-SEVEN YEARS' OF SERVICE will shortly be completed by a workman named Richard Rogerson, who entered the employ of Messrs. Robert Daglish and Co., St. Helen's Engine, Boiler, Bridge Works and Foundry, St. Helen's, Lancashire, in 1812, and, his employers write, has never been in any other employ, has always been a faithful servant, and has never given the slightest trouble to them in any way. Messrs. Daglish also inform us that their cashier, who recently died, had been in their service for fifty years. Such instances as these of long service are worth recording in these days of changes and strikes.'[17]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries, by T. Campbell Futers, Vol 1, published by the Colliery Guardian Co
- ↑ The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries, by T. Campbell Futers, Vol 1, published by the Colliery Guardian Co
- ↑ The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries, by T. Campbell Futers, Vol 1, published by the Colliery Guardian Co
- ↑ Liverpool Mail - Saturday 15 September 1849
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:20 January 1852 Issue:21283 Page:170
- ↑ [1] Practical Mechanic's Journal, May 1, 1863. Note: high resolution version of drawing available
- ↑ Liverpool Mercury, 2 July 1858
- ↑ 'Engineering' magazine, 23rd October 1874
- ↑ 'Engineering' 20th February 1874
- ↑ 'Engineering' 30 May 1884
- ↑ Engineering 1887/02/11
- ↑ London Gazette 16 Aug 1887
- ↑ ‘Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Volume 3.1: Lancashire’ by George Watkins: Landmark Publishing Ltd.
- ↑ Engineering 1894/08/31
- ↑ 'The Limits and Possibilities of Deep Mining' by E. H. Roberton, 'The Engineering Magazine' Vol XXV1 October 1903 - March 1904 (New York, 1904)
- ↑ [2] Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- ↑ The Graphic, 24 May 1879
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
- Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p18
- Mechanical World Year Book 1927. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p20
- The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6
- Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10