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==1928 Sale Notice== | ==1928 Sale Notice== | ||
'ASHTON. FROST and COMPANY. LIMITED, BANK TOP FOUNDRY, BLACKBURN. IMPORTANT SALE OF ENGINEERING PLANT AND MACHINERY. <br>EDWARD RUSHTON, SON and KENYON are in receipt of instructions from Thomas A. Aspden, Esq. (Receiver for the Debenture Holders), to Sell by Auction, PIECEMEAL, on the Premises as above, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, APRIL 25th, 26th and 27th, 1928, the<br>ENGINEERING PLANT, MACHINERY, STORES and EFFECTS, comprising:— <br>Treble-geared fly-wheel turning gear for wheels 22ft. to 35ft. diameter, treble-geared face plate lathe for work to 12ft. 2in. diameter, treble-geared boring and lacing lathe 30in. centres, treble-geared- turning and centre boring lathe 45in centres, 4 sliding and surfacing shafting lathes with all geared Stirk head stocks each with 9 h.p. electric motor, 8 screw cutting lathes, horizontal boring mill to bore 1ft. 5½in. to 6ft. rise, steel boring bars and stays, 6ft. radial arm drilling machine, 2 portable electric drilling machines, 30in. self-acting slotting machine, cutting-off or end milling machine, rapid jig saw, 5 grinding machines, 3 grindstones, electric welding plant and anodes, annealing furnaces and pressure blower, 2 electric blowers, 2 cupolas, 1-7 ton and 1-2½ ton steel metal ladles, steel wagons and foundry plant, 5 smiths' hearths, 1-5 cwt. steam hammer, smiths' tools, hydraulic and screw lilting jacks, tool holders, screwing tackle, reamers, spanners, 300 high speed twist drills, 20,000 lbs. high speed turning tools, steel milling cutters, 25 tons new bolts and nuts, steel keys, washers, brass and iron valves and general engineering stores, 25 ton wagon weighing machine, platform and counter weighing machines, cage hoist, main switch board, electric cables, contents of drawing and general offices, micrometer gauges and testing instruments. 6-3 motor overhead travelling cranes by Royce, Limited, viz.:-2 each 25 tons. 50ft. and 41ft. span; 3 each 10 tons. 40ft. and 42ft. span; and 1-6 ton, 42ft. span; 1-30 cwt. single motor ditto, 29ft. 6in. span; 1-3 ton hand crane, 14 swing jib cranes, lifting blocks, chains and ropes. 9 hoisting crabs, Lancashire boiler, 28ft. x 7ft. 6in.; superheater, steam, piping and other effects. <br>Also will be offered for Sale the GOODWILL, PATTERNS. DRAWINGS, etc., connection with the business….' <ref>The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 14th April 1928</ref> | 'ASHTON. FROST and COMPANY. LIMITED, BANK TOP FOUNDRY, BLACKBURN. IMPORTANT SALE OF ENGINEERING PLANT AND MACHINERY. <br>EDWARD RUSHTON, SON and KENYON are in receipt of instructions from Thomas A. Aspden, Esq. (Receiver for the Debenture Holders), to Sell by Auction, PIECEMEAL, on the Premises as above, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, APRIL 25th, 26th and 27th, 1928, the<br>ENGINEERING PLANT, MACHINERY, STORES and EFFECTS, comprising:— <br>Treble-geared fly-wheel turning gear for wheels 22ft. to 35ft. diameter, treble-geared face plate lathe for work to 12ft. 2in. diameter, treble-geared boring and lacing lathe 30in. centres, treble-geared- turning and centre boring lathe 45in centres, 4 sliding and surfacing shafting lathes with all geared Stirk head stocks each with 9 h.p. electric motor, 8 screw cutting lathes, horizontal boring mill to bore 1ft. 5½in. to 6ft. rise, steel boring bars and stays, 6ft. radial arm drilling machine, 2 portable electric drilling machines, 30in. self-acting slotting machine, cutting-off or end milling machine, rapid jig saw, 5 grinding machines, 3 grindstones, electric welding plant and anodes, annealing furnaces and pressure blower, 2 electric blowers, 2 cupolas, 1-7 ton and 1-2½ ton steel metal ladles, steel wagons and foundry plant, 5 smiths' hearths, 1-5 cwt. steam hammer, smiths' tools, hydraulic and screw lilting jacks, tool holders, screwing tackle, reamers, spanners, 300 high speed twist drills, 20,000 lbs. high speed turning tools, steel milling cutters, 25 tons new bolts and nuts, steel keys, washers, brass and iron valves and general engineering stores, 25 ton wagon weighing machine, platform and counter weighing machines, cage hoist, main switch board, electric cables, contents of drawing and general offices, micrometer gauges and testing instruments. 6-3 motor overhead travelling cranes by [[Royce Ltd|Royce, Limited]], viz.:-2 each 25 tons. 50ft. and 41ft. span; 3 each 10 tons. 40ft. and 42ft. span; and 1-6 ton, 42ft. span; 1-30 cwt. single motor ditto, 29ft. 6in. span; 1-3 ton hand crane, 14 swing jib cranes, lifting blocks, chains and ropes. 9 hoisting crabs, Lancashire boiler, 28ft. x 7ft. 6in.; superheater, steam, piping and other effects. <br>Also will be offered for Sale the GOODWILL, PATTERNS. DRAWINGS, etc., connection with the business….' <ref>The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 14th April 1928</ref> | ||
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of Bank Top Foundry, Blackburn
Mill engine installations included Messrs Codling and Hodgkinson's Mill Hill Mill in Blackburn (1898), Daisyfield Flour Mill, Blackburn, and Allanby Mill, Westhoughton; two triple expansion vertical pumping engines at Elkesley Pumping Station, Lincoln (1911). [1]
1907 Two engines for Nottingham Waterworks (Boughton Station)
1907 horizontal engine for Emerson Road Mill, Preston. Scrapped 1965 [2]
1911 Catalogue on pumping engines, steam engines and mill gearing
1911 Horizontal tandem compound engine for Eastwood's Scotland Bank Mill, Blackburn [3]
1914 Pumping engine for Mill Meece Pumping Station, which has been preserved and can be seen running on steam.
1928 Sale Notice
'ASHTON. FROST and COMPANY. LIMITED, BANK TOP FOUNDRY, BLACKBURN. IMPORTANT SALE OF ENGINEERING PLANT AND MACHINERY.
EDWARD RUSHTON, SON and KENYON are in receipt of instructions from Thomas A. Aspden, Esq. (Receiver for the Debenture Holders), to Sell by Auction, PIECEMEAL, on the Premises as above, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, APRIL 25th, 26th and 27th, 1928, the
ENGINEERING PLANT, MACHINERY, STORES and EFFECTS, comprising:—
Treble-geared fly-wheel turning gear for wheels 22ft. to 35ft. diameter, treble-geared face plate lathe for work to 12ft. 2in. diameter, treble-geared boring and lacing lathe 30in. centres, treble-geared- turning and centre boring lathe 45in centres, 4 sliding and surfacing shafting lathes with all geared Stirk head stocks each with 9 h.p. electric motor, 8 screw cutting lathes, horizontal boring mill to bore 1ft. 5½in. to 6ft. rise, steel boring bars and stays, 6ft. radial arm drilling machine, 2 portable electric drilling machines, 30in. self-acting slotting machine, cutting-off or end milling machine, rapid jig saw, 5 grinding machines, 3 grindstones, electric welding plant and anodes, annealing furnaces and pressure blower, 2 electric blowers, 2 cupolas, 1-7 ton and 1-2½ ton steel metal ladles, steel wagons and foundry plant, 5 smiths' hearths, 1-5 cwt. steam hammer, smiths' tools, hydraulic and screw lilting jacks, tool holders, screwing tackle, reamers, spanners, 300 high speed twist drills, 20,000 lbs. high speed turning tools, steel milling cutters, 25 tons new bolts and nuts, steel keys, washers, brass and iron valves and general engineering stores, 25 ton wagon weighing machine, platform and counter weighing machines, cage hoist, main switch board, electric cables, contents of drawing and general offices, micrometer gauges and testing instruments. 6-3 motor overhead travelling cranes by Royce, Limited, viz.:-2 each 25 tons. 50ft. and 41ft. span; 3 each 10 tons. 40ft. and 42ft. span; and 1-6 ton, 42ft. span; 1-30 cwt. single motor ditto, 29ft. 6in. span; 1-3 ton hand crane, 14 swing jib cranes, lifting blocks, chains and ropes. 9 hoisting crabs, Lancashire boiler, 28ft. x 7ft. 6in.; superheater, steam, piping and other effects.
Also will be offered for Sale the GOODWILL, PATTERNS. DRAWINGS, etc., connection with the business….' [4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 'Stationary Steam Engine Makers Volume 1' Compiled by George Watkins, Catalogued by A P Woolrich, Landmark Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84306-200-3
- ↑ [1]Photo of engine in Preston Digital Archive - "A Lancashire Cotton Scrapbook"
- ↑ ‘Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Volume 3.1: Lancashire’ by George Watkins: Landmark Publishing Ltd.
- ↑ The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 14th April 1928
- The Engineer of 24th November 1911 p550
- The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6