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Was 'Watts' [[James Watts and Co]] of Norwich? | Was 'Watts' [[James Watts and Co]] of Norwich? | ||
[[George Watkins]] photographed the beam engine in 1952, 'maker unknown'. 32" stroke, 6 ft bore, about 30 HP at 20 rpm, using steam at 5 psi ( | [[George Watkins]] photographed the beam engine in 1952, 'maker unknown'. 32" stroke, 6 ft bore, about 30 HP at 20 rpm, using steam at 5 psi (exhaust steam from a Robey engine. <ref>Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Vol 5: The North Midlands, by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing, 1993</ref>. | ||
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of Ruxley Road, Bucknall, Staffordshire
Latterly it was George Edwards' Flint Mill - see here for old photographs.
1864 'FLINT MILL TO BE LET. TO BE LET, with immediate possession, a first-class FLINT MILL, of 30-horse power, containing one 12ft. pan, one 10ft pan, five glaze pans from 4ft. to 7ft., twelve colour pans, and a drying kiln complete. The engine (made by Watts) is in perfect order, and is capable of working off 20 tons of material per week. There is also capital Machine, two Cottages, and good Stabling attached. The above Mill is situate at Bucknall, near Hanley, and was lately in the occupation of H. B. Perry, Esq.— Application to be made to Mr. Ralph Smith, Brook-street, Stoke-upon-Trent.' [1]
Was 'Watts' James Watts and Co of Norwich?
George Watkins photographed the beam engine in 1952, 'maker unknown'. 32" stroke, 6 ft bore, about 30 HP at 20 rpm, using steam at 5 psi (exhaust steam from a Robey engine. [2].