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1822 formerly [[Thwaites, Hick and Rothwell]]
1822 formerly [[Thwaites, Hick and Rothwell]]


c.1827 Supplied three steam engines to [[Andre Koechlin|André Koechlin & Cie]] in France - one for the Mulhouse cotton mill for which [[Sharp, Hill and Co]] supplied the bulk of the equipment, one for coal mines at Ronchamp, and one for the Boucart factory.<ref>[https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00544984/document] Nicolas Stoskopf. André Koechlin Cie, SACM, Wärtsilä, histoire de la Fonderie (D’Giesserei) à Mulhouse (1826-2007). Extrait del’ouvrage, paru en 2007 sous le titre SACM, quelle belle histoire!. 2007. <hal-00544984></ref>
c.1827 Supplied three steam engines to [[Andre Koechlin et Cie|André Koechlin & Cie]] in France - one for the Mulhouse cotton mill for which [[Sharp, Hill and Co]] supplied the bulk of the equipment, one for coal mines at Ronchamp, and one for the Boucart factory.<ref>[https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00544984/document] Nicolas Stoskopf. André Koechlin Cie, SACM, Wärtsilä, histoire de la Fonderie (D’Giesserei) à Mulhouse (1826-2007). Extrait del’ouvrage, paru en 2007 sous le titre SACM, quelle belle histoire!. 2007. <hal-00544984></ref>


1830 Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell was set up; the partners became interested in the production of steam locomotives after the [[Rainhill Trials]]. The first engine was the [[Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell: Union| Union]], a 2-2-0 for the [[Bolton and Leigh Railway]], followed by three more the following year for American railways.
1830 Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell was set up; the partners became interested in the production of steam locomotives after the [[Rainhill Trials]]. The first engine was the [[Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell: Union| Union]], a 2-2-0 for the [[Bolton and Leigh Railway]], followed by three more the following year for American railways.

Revision as of 18:11, 4 August 2020

Scale model of Hick, Rothwell double jib crane on display at the Musee des Arts et Metiers

Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell of Union Foundry, Bolton, makers of steam engines, boilers, hydraulic machines and locomotives.

The Union Foundry was established by the Peter Rothwell and his son

1822 formerly Thwaites, Hick and Rothwell

c.1827 Supplied three steam engines to André Koechlin & Cie in France - one for the Mulhouse cotton mill for which Sharp, Hill and Co supplied the bulk of the equipment, one for coal mines at Ronchamp, and one for the Boucart factory.[1]

1830 Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell was set up; the partners became interested in the production of steam locomotives after the Rainhill Trials. The first engine was the Union, a 2-2-0 for the Bolton and Leigh Railway, followed by three more the following year for American railways.

1833 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, Peter Rothwell, Benjamin Hick, and the Executors of the late Peter Rothwell, deceased, as Iron and Brass-Founders and Engineers, and carried on at the Union Foundry, in Bolton-le-Moors, under the firm of Rothwell, Hick, and Rothwell, was this day dissolved by mutual consent; and that all debts owing to or by the said concern will be received and paid by the undersigned Peter Rothwell, who will in future carry on the said businesses under the firm of Rothwell and Co...'[2]

Became Rothwell and Co

An impressive 1:10 scale model of a Hick, Rothwell double jib crane is on display at the Musee des Arts et Metiers.

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] Nicolas Stoskopf. André Koechlin Cie, SACM, Wärtsilä, histoire de la Fonderie (D’Giesserei) à Mulhouse (1826-2007). Extrait del’ouvrage, paru en 2007 sous le titre SACM, quelle belle histoire!. 2007. <hal-00544984>
  2. The London Gazette Publication date:16 April 1833 Issue:19039 Page:733
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