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[[Image:Geo_Saxon01.jpg|thumb|1909? Two-cylinder barring engine from a 1300 IHP engine at Hawthorn Mill, Chadderton, near Oldham. The gears would be engaged with the flywheel in order to ’bar’ the engine over slowly. On display at the [[Northern Mill Engine Society]] museum in Bolton ]] | [[Image:Geo_Saxon01.jpg|thumb|1909? Two-cylinder barring engine from a 1300 IHP engine at Hawthorn Mill, Chadderton, near Oldham. The gears would be engaged with the flywheel in order to ’bar’ the engine over slowly. On display at the [[Northern Mill Engine Society]] museum in Bolton ]] | ||
[[Image:Im20100530BSM-09c.jpg|thumb| Barring engine. Exhibit at [[Bolton Steam Museum]]. ]] | [[Image:Im20100530BSM-09c.jpg|thumb| Barring engine. Exhibit at [[Bolton Steam Museum]]. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im20100530BSM-GeoSaxon.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at [[Bolton Steam Museum]]. ]] | |||
'''George Saxon''' of Openshaw Engineering Works, Manchester were makers of stationary steam engines | '''George Saxon''' of Openshaw Engineering Works, Manchester were makers of stationary steam engines | ||
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George Saxon of Openshaw Engineering Works, Manchester were makers of stationary steam engines
- 1864 Company established to build mill engines. Exhibit at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry
- 1886 Engine for Stamford Commercial Weaving Co, Carrs Mill, Ashton-under-Lyme
- 1903 Engine for The Tudor Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
- c.1909 engine for Hawthorn Mill, Chadderton. Its small barring engine has survived, and is displayed at the Northern Mill Engine Society museum in Bolton. See photo.
- Engineering Equipment. Exhibit at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry
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Sources of Information
Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10