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* The company was noted for its winding, pumping and blast engines. | * The company was noted for its winding, pumping and blast engines. | ||
* 1784 Company established | * 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'''. | ||
* | * 1862 Built an exhibition railway locomotive and then built a number for their own use and for local collieries. | ||
* | * 1880 Public company. | ||
* | * 1891 Advert. Of Shifnal. | ||
* | * 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). | |||
* 1923 Two Horizontal Rotative Engines for The West Cheshire Water Board (Prenton Station). | |||
* 1961 Structural and mechanical engineers, manufacturers of rolled steel products, glazed bricks, sanitaryware, Spectra-Glaze and concrete products. 750 employees. | |||
==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
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* The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6 | * The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6 | ||
* [[Post Office London Trades Directory, 1891]] | * [[Post Office London Trades Directory, 1891]] | ||
* [[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]] | |||
Revision as of 14:13, 23 April 2008
Lillishall Company of St. Georges, Oakengate 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.
- 1862 Built an exhibition railway locomotive and then built a number for their own use and for local collieries.
- 1880 Public company.
- 1891 Advert. Of Shifnal.
- 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).
- 1923 Two Horizontal Rotative Engines for The West Cheshire Water Board (Prenton Station).
- 1961 Structural and mechanical engineers, manufacturers of rolled steel products, glazed bricks, sanitaryware, Spectra-Glaze and concrete products. 750 employees.
Sources of Information
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
- The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6
- Post Office London Trades Directory, 1891
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE