Phoenix Foundry Co (of Ballarat)

1873. Loco for the Victorian Railway.

of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

1854 Established by William Henry Shaw, Robert Holden, Richard Carter and George Threlfall and initially traded as Richard Carter and Co and Carter and Co

1856 Reported that the business was founded by Carter, Bodycomb and Shaw

1870 November 12th. Incorporated as the Phoenix Foundry Co. with W. H. Shaw as manager. Employing 30-40 persons. Of 543 shares, 173 shares each to W. H. Shaw and R. C. R. Holden.

1873-1903 Built 343 locomotives for the Victorian Railways between 1873 and 1903, as well as a few engines for private operators, a couple more went to New Zealand.

1873 June. 'The completion of the first locomotive manufactured in the colony has been the subject of much rejoicing at Ballarat, the manufacturers of the engine being the Proprietors of the Phoenix Foundry.'

1905 Company in voluntary liquidation

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