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1811 The Littledale family joined an existing partnership.
1811 The Littledale family joined an existing partnership.
1817 The firm was among the earliest manufacturers of marine steam propulsion machinery, building the engines for the [[PS Etna]], which began to ply on the Mersey in 1817


1821 Provided the engine for the Cambria built by Napiers
1821 Provided the engine for the Cambria built by Napiers
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[[Category: Town - Liverpool]]
[[Category: Town - Liverpool]]
[[Category: Iron/Steel Foundry]]
[[Category: Iron/Steel Foundry]]
[[Category: Marine Engines]]

Revision as of 09:04, 6 July 2020

of the Phoenix Foundry, Liverpool

1811 The Littledale family joined an existing partnership.

1817 The firm was among the earliest manufacturers of marine steam propulsion machinery, building the engines for the PS Etna, which began to ply on the Mersey in 1817

1821 Provided the engine for the Cambria built by Napiers

1823 "THE Partnership heretofore carried on by the undersigned, at the Phoenix Foundry, at Liverpool, under the firm of Fawcett and Littledales, is dissolved by mutual consent; the business will be continued in future upon the same premises, by William Fawcett, in conjunction with other Partners, the undersigned George Littledale and Henry Littledale having retired from the same." [1]

The successor was Fawcett and Prestons

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Sources of Information

  1. London Gazette 13 May 1823