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Horse mill at Waimate Museum, New Zealand
Horse mill at Waimate Museum, New Zealand
Horse mill at Waimate Museum, New Zealand
Engine at Devenish's Brewery, Weymouth

Barrett, Exall & Andrewes of Katesgrove Iron Works, Reading

Founded in 1817/18, employing up to 360 people and occupying a 12 acre plot. They produced agricultural machinery and portable/fixed engines.

In 1838 they provided ironwork for Brunel's new London-Bristol Railway. They produced internal combustion (gas) engines, designed in 1860 by Lenoir. They also carried out much work for Palmer's local biscuit industry, including a steam-driven biscuit machine. George Barrett died in 1858, and his memorial is made of cast iron.

In 1877 Alfred Palmer, one-time High Sheriff of Berkshire, married the youngest daughter of William Exall, one of the iron foundry's partners.

In 1864 the company changed its name to the Reading Iron Works and ultimately went into liquidation during the agricultural slump of 1888.[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ [1]Village Pumps website
  2. ↑ 'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Vol 7' by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd. See Plate 16
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