George Saxon

Former works of George Saxon, at the junction of South St and Tram St, Openshaw, as seen in November 2008

George Saxon barring engine at Manchester Museum of Science & Industry

1909? Two-cylinder barring engine from a 1300 IHP engine at Hawthorn Mill, Chadderton, near Oldham. The gears would be engaged with the flywheel in order to ’bar’ the engine over slowly. On display at the Northern Mill Engine Society museum in Bolton

Barring engine. Exhibit at Bolton Steam Museum.

George Saxon of Openshaw Engineering Works, Manchester were makers of stationary steam engines

• 1864 Company established to build mill engines. Exhibit at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry

• 1886 Engine for Stamford Commercial Weaving Co, Carrs Mill, Ashton-under-Lyme

• 1903 Engine for The Tudor Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne

• c.1909 engine for Hawthorn Mill, Chadderton. Its small barring engine has survived, and is displayed at the Northern Mill Engine Society museum in Bolton. See photo.

• Engineering Equipment. Exhibit at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry

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Sources of Information

Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10