George Saxon

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

1910.

1911.

2200hp Twin Tandem Compound Engine at Magnet Mill, Oldham. George Saxon, 1903

2200hp Twin Tandem Compound Engine at Magnet Mill, Oldham

HP valve gear from Magnet Mill, formerly on display at old Manchester Museum of Science and Industry (1974)

1250hp 4-cylinder triple at Hawthorn Mill, Chadderton

Hawthorn Mill, Chadderton, showing barring engine (now preserved) in situ

George Saxon barring engine at Manchester Museum of Science & Industry

George Saxon four cylinder triple expansion engine for cotton spinning mill overseas

Barring engine. Exhibit at Bolton Steam Museum.

Exhibit at Bolton Steam Museum.

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

1911.

1911.

March 1912.

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

1864 Company established by George Saxon (1821-1875) to build mill engines. Exhibit at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry

1878 4-cylinder Triple Expansion engine for Hawthorn Mill, Chadderton (1250/1300hp). Its small barring engine has survived, and is displayed at the Northern Mill Engine Society museum in Bolton. See photo.

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

1903 Engine for the Tudor Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne

1903 2200hp Twin Tandem Compound Engine for Magnet Mill, Oldham. A set of valve gear from the RH High Pressure cylinder of this engine is believed to survive at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, but is not on display.

1913 Steam engine at Pear New Mill, Bredbury. This was a very large double ‘Manhattan’ engine, having horizontal high pressure cylinders and vertical low pressure cylinders, driving a pulley grooved for 73 ropes. It was designed to produce 4000 HP, but in the event only half of the mill was completed, so only half of the engine was used. Photographed by George Watkins in 1952.

Barring engine for mill engine. Exhibit at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry

See George Saxon: List of Engines

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