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of Brunswick Dock, Liverpool. | of [[Brunswick Dock]], Liverpool, Engineer and Iron Shipbuilder. | ||
Patent steam cranes. | Patent steam cranes. | ||
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1851 Employing 150 men.<ref>1851 Census</ref> | 1851 Employing 150 men.<ref>1851 Census</ref> | ||
1851 Award at the [[1851 Great Exhibition|Great Exhibition]]. See details at [[1851 Great Exhibition: Reports of the Juries: Class V.]] | |||
1852 Steam travelling crane. | |||
1859 Advertisement (see illustration) includes the names of some firms using the steam cranes: Exors of Samuel Ellis, Manchester, Hull Dock Co., Joseph Whitworth & Co., Joseph Dowson and Co., Saw Mill proprietors, Lambeth, John Jay, Contractors, London, Peto, Brassey and Betts, John McNicoll & Co., saw mill proprietors, Liverpool. Applications for licences and estimates to John Vernon, Engineer & Iron Ship Builder, Brunswick Dock, Liverpool. | 1859 Advertisement (see illustration) includes the names of some firms using the steam cranes: Exors of Samuel Ellis, Manchester, Hull Dock Co., Joseph Whitworth & Co., Joseph Dowson and Co., Saw Mill proprietors, Lambeth, John Jay, Contractors, London, Peto, Brassey and Betts, John McNicoll & Co., saw mill proprietors, Liverpool. Applications for licences and estimates to John Vernon, Engineer & Iron Ship Builder, Brunswick Dock, Liverpool. | ||
1871 Employing 70 men and 20 boys.<ref>1871 Census</ref> | 1871 Employing 70 men and 20 boys.<ref>1871 Census</ref> | ||
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* One of the company's overhead travelling cranes working in a timber yard was driven by a shaft 246 ft long.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/artizan121854arti#page/269/mode/1up] The Artizan, Dec 1854 p.270</ref> | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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* [[The Imperial Journal]] 1852 Vol I. p188 | |||
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Revision as of 09:37, 4 June 2024
of Brunswick Dock, Liverpool, Engineer and Iron Shipbuilder.
Patent steam cranes.
John McNicoll and John Vernon.
1850 'Economy of Steam Power.— In Mr. M'Nicoll's timber-yard and saw-mill at Liverpool, steam-power has been applied to work the travelling-cranes used to convey the timber about the yard. Each crane, when worked by hand required four men, whereas the steam-crane is worked by a man and boy only, and does double the work, the wages being about £330 per annum in one case, and £67 in the other. The steam-machine will carry 13 logs of timber, weighing together 19½ tons, one at time, from one end of the yard to the other, a distance of 100 feet, in twenty-six minutes, at a cost of less than sixpence -The Artisan.'[1]
1851 Employing 150 men.[2]
1851 Award at the Great Exhibition. See details at 1851 Great Exhibition: Reports of the Juries: Class V.
1852 Steam travelling crane.
1859 Advertisement (see illustration) includes the names of some firms using the steam cranes: Exors of Samuel Ellis, Manchester, Hull Dock Co., Joseph Whitworth & Co., Joseph Dowson and Co., Saw Mill proprietors, Lambeth, John Jay, Contractors, London, Peto, Brassey and Betts, John McNicoll & Co., saw mill proprietors, Liverpool. Applications for licences and estimates to John Vernon, Engineer & Iron Ship Builder, Brunswick Dock, Liverpool.
1871 Employing 70 men and 20 boys.[3]
- One of the company's overhead travelling cranes working in a timber yard was driven by a shaft 246 ft long.[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- The Imperial Journal 1852 Vol I. p188