Ouseburn Engine Works
of Ouseburn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
The works appear to have been started c.1851/52 by Robert Morrison
Robert Morrison and Co ceased trading in 1866.
In 1871 the factory was restarted as an industrial co-partnership, headed by John Hunter Rutherford (1826 – 1890). This failed in 1875.
Following bankruptcy in 1875 the works were rescued by several co-operative societies and it continued to trade under the name Tyne Engine Works Co before closing finally in 1881.
1892 A. C. Franklin wrote to Engineering say that 'as early as October 1873 a triple~expansion engine, with three cranks, and in all respects identical with the engine of to-day, was already in the course of construction from my specifications, and under my superintendence, by the Ousebourn Engine Works Company, Newcastle-on-Tyne? The cylinders were 11 in., 17 in., and 24 in., with an 18-in. stroke. ... were ultimately fitted into the s.s. Sexta. built by Mr.- now Sir William - Gray. so the trial trip did not take place until September, 1874. ....'[2]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [1] Ouseburn Trust: The Rise and Fall of the Ouseburn Engine Works
- ↑ Engineering 1892/10/21