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[[Image:Im201403PH-Atlas.jpg|thumb| 1882. Exhibit at [[Powerhouse Museum]]. ]] | [[Image:Im201403PH-Atlas.jpg|thumb| 1882. Exhibit at [[Powerhouse Museum]]. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im201403PH-Atlas1.jpg|thumb| 1882. Exhibit at [[Powerhouse Museum]]. ]] | [[Image:Im201403PH-Atlas1.jpg|thumb| 1882. Exhibit at [[Powerhouse Museum]]. ]] | ||
of Darling Harbour, Sydney | |||
1879 Cast 130 seven-foot diameter iron cylinders for the piers of the [[Nowra Bridge (NSW)]] across the Shoalhaven River (about 170km south of Sydney). This was said to be the heaviest casting work yet undertaken in the colonies. <ref>'Nowra Bridge' by Bill Phippen, Engineering Heritage Australia, Vol.3, No.4, January 2020</ref> | |||
1888 Won an order for 25 passenger engines from the [[New South Wales Government Railways]]<ref>The Engineer 1888</ref> | 1888 Won an order for 25 passenger engines from the [[New South Wales Government Railways]]<ref>The Engineer 1888</ref> | ||
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[[Category: Country - Australia]] | [[Category: Country - Australia]] | ||
[[Category: Steam Locomotives]] | [[Category: Steam Locomotives]] | ||
[[Category: Iron Founders]] | |||
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of Darling Harbour, Sydney
1879 Cast 130 seven-foot diameter iron cylinders for the piers of the Nowra Bridge (NSW) across the Shoalhaven River (about 170km south of Sydney). This was said to be the heaviest casting work yet undertaken in the colonies. [1]
1888 Won an order for 25 passenger engines from the New South Wales Government Railways[2]
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