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c.1812 [[Robert Wood, Senior|Robert Wood]] established the Larchfield Works, Hunslet, which was well known for many years as [[Robert Wood and Sons]] | c.1812 [[Robert Wood, Senior|Robert Wood]] established the Larchfield Works, Hunslet, which was well known for many years as [[Robert Wood and Sons]] | ||
Built a large number of early stationary engines for use in the neighbourhood of Leeds; said to have been the first in the district to make compound engines on the McNaught system. | Built a large number of early stationary engines for use in the neighbourhood of Leeds; said to have been the first in the district to make compound engines on the McNaught system. | ||
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Later became [[Holroyd, Horsefield and Wilson]] | Later became [[Holroyd, Horsefield and Wilson]] | ||
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Equipment installed included: | Equipment installed included: | ||
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Four column 40 HP Woolf compound beam engine at W. and C. Nightingale, Bedding Manufacturers, Finsbury<ref>‘Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Volume 8: Greater London & South East‘, by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd</ref> | Four column 40 HP Woolf compound beam engine at W. and C. Nightingale, Bedding Manufacturers, Finsbury<ref>‘Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Volume 8: Greater London & South East‘, by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd</ref> | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 05:55, 9 July 2014
Robert Wood & Co., millwright of Larchfield Foundry, Hunslet, Leeds
c.1812 Robert Wood established the Larchfield Works, Hunslet, which was well known for many years as Robert Wood and Sons
Built a large number of early stationary engines for use in the neighbourhood of Leeds; said to have been the first in the district to make compound engines on the McNaught system.
Business was continued by his son William Stewart Wood and later by his son Robert Henry Wood
Later became Holroyd, Horsefield and Wilson
Equipment installed included:
Compound beam engine installed at W. and C. Nightingale, Bedding Manufacturers, Old Street, London. Photographed by George Watkins in 1939 [1]
Four column 40 HP Woolf compound beam engine at W. and C. Nightingale, Bedding Manufacturers, Finsbury[2]