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[[Image:1891 London i0969.png|thumb|London 1891]] | [[Image:1891 London i0969.png|thumb|London 1891]] | ||
[[Image:Lilleshall01.jpg|thumb|1912 Gas engine for Kamata, in Lilleshall’s works]] | |||
[[Image:Lilleshall02.jpg|thumb|1912, Lilleshall machine shop, Kamata flywheel/armature on vertical boring mill]] | |||
[[Image:Lilleshall03.jpg |thumb|1912, Kamata engine flywheel/armature]] | |||
[[Image:Lilleshall_01.jpg|thumb| 1931 Pumping engine at the [[Museum of Power, Langford, Essex]]]] | [[Image:Lilleshall_01.jpg|thumb| 1931 Pumping engine at the [[Museum of Power, Langford, Essex]]]] | ||
[[Image:Lilleshall_flywheel01.jpg|thumb| Flywheel on pumping engine at the [[Museum of Power, Langford, Essex]]]] | [[Image:Lilleshall_flywheel01.jpg|thumb| Flywheel on pumping engine at the [[Museum of Power, Langford, Essex]]]] | ||
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* 1900 Two engines for Borough of West Ham (Abbey Mills). | * 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.<ref>Engineering 20th September 1912</ref> | |||
* 1923 Two Horizontal Rotative Engines for The West Cheshire Water Board (Prenton Station). | * 1923 Two Horizontal Rotative Engines for The West Cheshire Water Board (Prenton Station). | ||
Revision as of 20:39, 9 June 2009
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.
- 1888 The Snedshill Iron Co was absorbed. [3]
- 1891 Advert. Of Shifnal. [4]
- 1895? Supplied vertical twin-cylinder winding engine for Rockingham Colliery.
- 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]
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6
- ↑ British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ Post Office London Trades Directory, 1891
- ↑ Engineering 20th September 1912
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE