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Two cast iron cupboards (or safes?) dated 1813 can be seen at [[Beamish Museum]]. Both include 'Gateshead', while one also has 'Bishop Aukland' cast in (see photos). | Two cast iron cupboards (or safes?) dated 1813 can be seen at [[Beamish Museum]]. Both include 'Gateshead', while one also has 'Bishop Aukland' cast in (see photos). | ||
1802 'SKINNER-BURN FOUNDERY AND CORN MILL. <br>J. WHINFIELD and CO. inform their Friends, and the Public, that they have compleated their new STEAM ENGINE, their BORING and their CORN MILL are at Work again; and having increased the Power of their Engine so to carry all the Machinery in both Mills at the same Time, they can and will execute the Orders of their Friends at the shortest Notice possible. <br>They have for Sale the Materials of their old Engine, viz. <br>1 Cylinder 7 Feet Long, 32 Inches Diameter, with Bottom and Piston, With Shanks, &c. ; <br>1 Beam compleat With Gudgeon, Chain, &c. <br>1 Connecting Shaft or Crank Rod with Joints, &c. <br>1 Jack Head Beam compleat, &c. <br>Several small Pipes about 6 Inches Diameter, flanged; also, Clay Mill Edge Stones, 5 Feet 6 Inches Diameter, 12 Inches thick, with Metal Rim, 2 Inches thick; 1 Plate for ditto, 7 Feet 6 Inches Diameter ; the Crown Wheel, 11 Feet 2 Inches Diameter, with Upright Shaft and all other Parts belonging. <br>2 Metal Cylinder Bellows, 27 Inches Long, and 45 Inches Diameter, with Pistons, Covers, and Machinery belonging them. <br>2 Pair of Derbyshire Mill-Stones, 5 Feet 2 Inches Diameter, 10 Inches thick at the Edge, and 16 Inches at the Eye. <br>1 Street Bogey almost new, with Wheels. <br>1 Long Cart and Wheels. <br>1 Pair of large strong Iron Blocks, with six Sheaves in them, 9 Inches Diameter, and 2 l-4*h Inches trod, and all to suit. <ref>Tyne Mercury; Northumberland and Durham and Cumberland Gazette - Tuesday 14 September 1802</ref> | ''1802'' 'SKINNER-BURN FOUNDERY AND CORN MILL. <br>J. WHINFIELD and CO. inform their Friends, and the Public, that they have compleated their new STEAM ENGINE, their BORING and their CORN MILL are at Work again; and having increased the Power of their Engine so to carry all the Machinery in both Mills at the same Time, they can and will execute the Orders of their Friends at the shortest Notice possible. <br>They have for Sale the Materials of their old Engine, viz. <br>1 Cylinder 7 Feet Long, 32 Inches Diameter, with Bottom and Piston, With Shanks, &c. ; <br>1 Beam compleat With Gudgeon, Chain, &c. <br>1 Connecting Shaft or Crank Rod with Joints, &c. <br>1 Jack Head Beam compleat, &c. <br>Several small Pipes about 6 Inches Diameter, flanged; also, Clay Mill Edge Stones, 5 Feet 6 Inches Diameter, 12 Inches thick, with Metal Rim, 2 Inches thick; 1 Plate for ditto, 7 Feet 6 Inches Diameter ; the Crown Wheel, 11 Feet 2 Inches Diameter, with Upright Shaft and all other Parts belonging. <br>2 Metal Cylinder Bellows, 27 Inches Long, and 45 Inches Diameter, with Pistons, Covers, and Machinery belonging them. <br>2 Pair of Derbyshire Mill-Stones, 5 Feet 2 Inches Diameter, 10 Inches thick at the Edge, and 16 Inches at the Eye. <br>1 Street Bogey almost new, with Wheels. <br>1 Long Cart and Wheels. <br>1 Pair of large strong Iron Blocks, with six Sheaves in them, 9 Inches Diameter, and 2 l-4*h Inches trod, and all to suit. <ref>Tyne Mercury; Northumberland and Durham and Cumberland Gazette - Tuesday 14 September 1802</ref> | ||
1803 Advert: 'Improved and simplified Patent Steam Engine. <br>We, Messrs. [[Richard Trevithick]], [[Andrew Vivian]], and [[William West]], of Camborne, in the County of Cornwall, respectfully inform the Public, that we have appointed Mr John Whinfield, of Gateshead, in the County of Durham, Iron and Brass Founder, our Agent, to make, sell, and erect Steam Engines, upon the Principles for which we have obtained a Patent, within the several Counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Durham, Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire; and request all Orders, on that Ac- count, to be executed in any of those Counties, may be sent to Mr Whinfield.<br>-Signed, RICHARD TREVITHICK, ANDREW VIVIAN, WILLIAM WEST. <br>N. B. These Engines are considerably cheaper than any other Engine at present in Use. They require no Injection-Water, having neither Condenser, Air-Pump. &c. or Working Gear; have no Beam, &c. and require only a Sufficiency of Water to supply the Waste in the Boiler, which is about half a Gallon per Minute for an Engine of Ten Horses' Power. The Steam, after it has done its Office, may be condensed and returned to feed the Boiler again.'<ref>Newcastle Courant - Saturday 22 October 1803</ref> | ''1803'' Advert: 'Improved and simplified Patent Steam Engine. <br>We, Messrs. [[Richard Trevithick]], [[Andrew Vivian]], and [[William West]], of Camborne, in the County of Cornwall, respectfully inform the Public, that we have appointed Mr John Whinfield, of Gateshead, in the County of Durham, Iron and Brass Founder, our Agent, to make, sell, and erect Steam Engines, upon the Principles for which we have obtained a Patent, within the several Counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Durham, Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire; and request all Orders, on that Ac- count, to be executed in any of those Counties, may be sent to Mr Whinfield.<br>-Signed, RICHARD TREVITHICK, ANDREW VIVIAN, WILLIAM WEST. <br>N. B. These Engines are considerably cheaper than any other Engine at present in Use. They require no Injection-Water, having neither Condenser, Air-Pump. &c. or Working Gear; have no Beam, &c. and require only a Sufficiency of Water to supply the Waste in the Boiler, which is about half a Gallon per Minute for an Engine of Ten Horses' Power. The Steam, after it has done its Office, may be condensed and returned to feed the Boiler again.'<ref>Newcastle Courant - Saturday 22 October 1803</ref> | ||
''1808'' Partnership dissolved. 'Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership carried on between us at the Skinner Burn, in the County of Northumberland, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as Civil Engineers, under the Firm of [[Phineas Crowther]], is this Day dissolved by mutual Consent; and that all Debts due from and owing to the said Partnership are to be paid and received by our undersigned Phineas Crowther: As witness our Hands the 16th Day of April 1808, John Whinfield and Phin. Crowther.'<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/16139/pages/574] Gazette Issue 16139 published on the 23 April 1808. Page 10 of 16 </ref> | |||
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Revision as of 07:17, 11 August 2020
John Whinfield of Pipewellgate, Gateshead who constructed the second locomotive ever built in the world to the design of Richard Trevithick
Reports of Trevithick’s Pen-y-Darren locomotive came to the attention of Christopher Blackett, the proprietor of Wylam Colliery (Newcastle), who ordered a locomotive from Trevithick. This was built at Whinfield’s Foundry, Pipewellgate, Gateshead owned by Trevithick’s sort-of-agent for the North East, John Whinfield.
A Trevithick-type locomotive built for Wylam by John Whinfield of Gateshead in 1805 never went into service, and the line was relaid with L-shaped plate rails in 1808.
John Steele who had worked on the building of the locomotive at Pen-y-Darren (according to some sources but that is disputed[1]) supervised the construction.
Two cast iron cupboards (or safes?) dated 1813 can be seen at Beamish Museum. Both include 'Gateshead', while one also has 'Bishop Aukland' cast in (see photos).
1802 'SKINNER-BURN FOUNDERY AND CORN MILL.
J. WHINFIELD and CO. inform their Friends, and the Public, that they have compleated their new STEAM ENGINE, their BORING and their CORN MILL are at Work again; and having increased the Power of their Engine so to carry all the Machinery in both Mills at the same Time, they can and will execute the Orders of their Friends at the shortest Notice possible.
They have for Sale the Materials of their old Engine, viz.
1 Cylinder 7 Feet Long, 32 Inches Diameter, with Bottom and Piston, With Shanks, &c. ;
1 Beam compleat With Gudgeon, Chain, &c.
1 Connecting Shaft or Crank Rod with Joints, &c.
1 Jack Head Beam compleat, &c.
Several small Pipes about 6 Inches Diameter, flanged; also, Clay Mill Edge Stones, 5 Feet 6 Inches Diameter, 12 Inches thick, with Metal Rim, 2 Inches thick; 1 Plate for ditto, 7 Feet 6 Inches Diameter ; the Crown Wheel, 11 Feet 2 Inches Diameter, with Upright Shaft and all other Parts belonging.
2 Metal Cylinder Bellows, 27 Inches Long, and 45 Inches Diameter, with Pistons, Covers, and Machinery belonging them.
2 Pair of Derbyshire Mill-Stones, 5 Feet 2 Inches Diameter, 10 Inches thick at the Edge, and 16 Inches at the Eye.
1 Street Bogey almost new, with Wheels.
1 Long Cart and Wheels.
1 Pair of large strong Iron Blocks, with six Sheaves in them, 9 Inches Diameter, and 2 l-4*h Inches trod, and all to suit. [2]
1803 Advert: 'Improved and simplified Patent Steam Engine.
We, Messrs. Richard Trevithick, Andrew Vivian, and William West, of Camborne, in the County of Cornwall, respectfully inform the Public, that we have appointed Mr John Whinfield, of Gateshead, in the County of Durham, Iron and Brass Founder, our Agent, to make, sell, and erect Steam Engines, upon the Principles for which we have obtained a Patent, within the several Counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Durham, Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire; and request all Orders, on that Ac- count, to be executed in any of those Counties, may be sent to Mr Whinfield.
-Signed, RICHARD TREVITHICK, ANDREW VIVIAN, WILLIAM WEST.
N. B. These Engines are considerably cheaper than any other Engine at present in Use. They require no Injection-Water, having neither Condenser, Air-Pump. &c. or Working Gear; have no Beam, &c. and require only a Sufficiency of Water to supply the Waste in the Boiler, which is about half a Gallon per Minute for an Engine of Ten Horses' Power. The Steam, after it has done its Office, may be condensed and returned to feed the Boiler again.'[3]
1808 Partnership dissolved. 'Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership carried on between us at the Skinner Burn, in the County of Northumberland, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as Civil Engineers, under the Firm of Phineas Crowther, is this Day dissolved by mutual Consent; and that all Debts due from and owing to the said Partnership are to be paid and received by our undersigned Phineas Crowther: As witness our Hands the 16th Day of April 1808, John Whinfield and Phin. Crowther.'[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive by Robert Young. Published 1923.