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'''Hawthorns and Company''' of Leith Engine Works, Great Junction Street, Leith | '''Hawthorns and Company''' of Leith Engine Works, Great Junction Street, Leith | ||
1846 The Leith Engine Works were built by [[R. and W. Hawthorn]] to | 1846 The Leith Engine Works were built by [[R. and W. Hawthorn]] to assemble steam engines ordered for Scotland | ||
1850 The Leith works were sold to another company, also called [[Hawthorns and Co]], which produced some four hundred locomotives on its own account until 1872. | |||
1851 Award at the [[1851 Great Exhibition]]. See details at [[1851 Great Exhibition: Reports of the Juries: Class V.]] | 1851 Award at the [[1851 Great Exhibition]]. See details at [[1851 Great Exhibition: Reports of the Juries: Class V.]] | ||
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1872 The works closed having built more than 400 engines | 1872 The works closed having built more than 400 engines | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 12:43, 11 January 2013
Hawthorns and Company of Leith Engine Works, Great Junction Street, Leith
1846 The Leith Engine Works were built by R. and W. Hawthorn to assemble steam engines ordered for Scotland
1850 The Leith works were sold to another company, also called Hawthorns and Co, which produced some four hundred locomotives on its own account until 1872.
1851 Award at the 1851 Great Exhibition. See details at 1851 Great Exhibition: Reports of the Juries: Class V.
1872 The works closed having built more than 400 engines
See Also
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Sources of Information
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816