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'''Murray's patent brickmaking machinery''' of Loman Street, Southwark, London. | '''Murray's patent brickmaking machinery''' of Loman Street, Southwark, London. | ||
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c.1840 Beam engine for Baker Street Mill, Orsett. <ref>Plate 59, ‘The End of a Revolution: The Last Days of Stationary Steam’ by Colin Bowden, Landmark Publishing Ltd., 2008</ref> | c.1840 Beam engine for Baker Street Mill, Orsett. <ref>Plate 59, ‘The End of a Revolution: The Last Days of Stationary Steam’ by Colin Bowden, Landmark Publishing Ltd., 2008</ref> | ||
1866 Engine for booster at the South Metropolitan Gas Works, Old Kent Road | 1866 Engine for booster at the [[South Metropolitan Gas Co| South Metropolitan Gas Works]], Old Kent Road | ||
1874 Built a clockwork tram! This had coiled springs which were wound up by a steam engine at the depot. Did not enter commercial service.<ref>[http://www.tramwayinfo.com/Tramframe.htm?http://www.tramwayinfo.com/tramways/Articles/Clockwork.htm] Tramway Information website </ref> | 1874 Built a clockwork tram! This had coiled springs which were wound up by a steam engine at the depot. Did not enter commercial service.<ref>[http://www.tramwayinfo.com/Tramframe.htm?http://www.tramwayinfo.com/tramways/Articles/Clockwork.htm] Tramway Information website </ref> | ||
Revision as of 16:35, 6 February 2023
Thomas Middleton and Co of Southwark
See Thomas Middleton
Murray's patent brickmaking machinery of Loman Street, Southwark, London.
c.1840 Beam engine for Baker Street Mill, Orsett. [1]
1866 Engine for booster at the South Metropolitan Gas Works, Old Kent Road
1874 Built a clockwork tram! This had coiled springs which were wound up by a steam engine at the depot. Did not enter commercial service.[2]
1882 A sale of surplus plant and machinery at the Tide Mills, Sittingbourne (evidently a paper mill), included a 40 HP compound beam engine by Middleton.[3]
See Also
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Sources of Information
- The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6