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* 1961 Structural and mechanical engineers, manufacturers of rolled steel products, glazed bricks, sanitaryware, Spectra-Glaze and concrete products. 750 employees. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref>
* 1961 Structural and mechanical engineers, manufacturers of rolled steel products, glazed bricks, sanitaryware, Spectra-Glaze and concrete products. 750 employees. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref>
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==Sources of Information==
==Sources of Information==

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London 1891
1912 Gas engine for Kamata, in Lilleshall’s works
1912, Lilleshall machine shop, Kamata flywheel/armature on vertical boring mill
1912, Kamata engine flywheel/armature
1931 Pumping engine at the Museum of Power, Langford, Essex
Flywheel on pumping engine at the Museum of Power, Langford, Essex

of of St. Georges, Oakengates, Shropshire

Lillishall Company were general engineers .

  • The company was noted for its winding, pumping and blast engines.
  • 1784 Company established.
  • 1802 Company founded.
  • c1830 Beam engine for the Lilleshall Co of Priors Lee Pits and listed as made by St George's Ironworks. [1]
  • 1862 Built an exhibition railway locomotive and then built a number for their own use and for local collieries. [2]
  • 1880 Public company. The company was registered on 31 December.
  • 1891 Advert. Of Shifnal. [4]
  • 1898 Horizontal Engine with gear drive for Metropolitan Water Board (Southfleet Station).
  • 1900 Two engines for Borough of West Ham (Abbey Mills).
  • 1912 2130 HP Nuremberg-type gas engines for the railway power station, Kamata, near Yokohama.[5]
  • 1923 Two Horizontal Rotative Engines for The West Cheshire Water Board (Prenton Station).
  • 1929 - 1931 Three pumping engines supplied to Langford Pumping Station, Essex (see photo).
  • 1961 Structural and mechanical engineers, manufacturers of rolled steel products, glazed bricks, sanitaryware, Spectra-Glaze and concrete products. 750 employees. [6]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6
  2. ↑ British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
  3. ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  4. ↑ Post Office London Trades Directory, 1891
  5. ↑ Engineering 20th September 1912
  6. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
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