Robert Daglish and Co
General
Robert Daglish and Co of St. Helens Foundry Engine and Boiler Works
1798 Company Established
1812 Robert Daglish built a locomotive known as the Yorkshire Horse while at the Orrell Colliery
1866 Two Single Cylinder Rotative beam Engine for Bristol Waterworks (Chelvey Station)
1869 Daglish's horizontal boring machine described in 'Engineering' (see illustration)[1]
1884 Made a set of Provand's patent sea water distillation planr for use at Iquique, S America [2]
1890 Inverted Vertical Rotative Engine for St Helens Waterworks (Kirkby Station)
1890 Horizontal two-cylinder winding engine for Huncoat Colliery, Accrington[3]
1891 Advert. Engines
1897 Horizontal Rotative Engine for St. Helens Waterworks (Eccleston Hill Station). (R. H. Daglish of St. Helens)
1905 Supplied inverted vertical single-cylinder winding engine for Tirpentwys Colliery
1919 Advert for engines for winding, hauling and pumping and other equipment
1927 Advert for winding, hauling and pumping engines and other equipment
See Also
Sources of Information
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
- Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p18
- Mechanical World Year Book 1927. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p20
- The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6
- Post Office London Trades Directory, 1891
- Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10