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* 1911 Works erected. | |||
* 1931 The TN8, an eight-cylinder vee engine, was built for the steel rolling mills of '''Pemberton Tinplate Co''' by [[Blackstone and Co]]. Its job was to drive a four-mill rolling plant with a 110 tons flywheel at 36 rpm continuously for five and a half days a week (126 hours), twelve months a year. In addition it had to provide all the electric power for driving hot and cold rolls, shears and bar cutters, the cranes and the lighting. | |||
* 1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Tinplate and Blackplate. (Stand No. D.328) | * 1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Tinplate and Blackplate. (Stand No. D.328) | ||
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== Sources of Information == | == Sources of Information == | ||
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/Lloyd5.html] A History of Carmarthenshire | |||
* [http://www.oldengine.org/members/blkstone/History4.htm] Old Engines | |||
* [[1937 British Industries Fair]] p400 | * [[1937 British Industries Fair]] p400 | ||
Revision as of 10:16, 21 July 2008
of Llanelly, South Wales
- 1911 Works erected.
- 1931 The TN8, an eight-cylinder vee engine, was built for the steel rolling mills of Pemberton Tinplate Co by Blackstone and Co. Its job was to drive a four-mill rolling plant with a 110 tons flywheel at 36 rpm continuously for five and a half days a week (126 hours), twelve months a year. In addition it had to provide all the electric power for driving hot and cold rolls, shears and bar cutters, the cranes and the lighting.
- 1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Tinplate and Blackplate. (Stand No. D.328)
Sources of Information
- [1] A History of Carmarthenshire
- [2] Old Engines
- 1937 British Industries Fair p400