Difference between revisions of "Sandycroft Foundry Co"
| Line 28: | Line 28: | ||
1877-82 They built five railway locomotives | 1877-82 They built five railway locomotives | ||
1886 'RESURFACING WOOD PAVING. Some experiments have recently been carried out in Manchester with the view of testing a machine for cutting and resurfacing roadways laid with wood paving after they have become unevenly worn by traffic or by settlement. The machine is the invention of Mr Arthur C. Bicknell, of the Sandycroft Foundry Company, Chester. In appearance it is not unlike an ordinary traction engine, propelling itself, and carrying in front of it large, revolving, horizontal head fitted with cutters, and driven by friction gearing. In the experiment referred to a number old wooden blocks which had been taken up from a worn-out road, and were full of stones and grit, were relaid in concrete, and fitted in with cement and sand, the usual method of making a road. A week was then allowed for the cement to be thoroughly set before the cutting-machine was applied. The surface was then taken off, the cuts varying from half an inch to three inches in depth. The deeper the cut the better the machine appeared to work, the cutters getting below the grit and stones on the surface. The speed at which the cutting head advanced was about 1ft. per minute. It would appear desirable that further experiments should be carried out on worn road instead of on a batch of worn blocks reset. This would be a fair test of the invention, which, if proved successful, might aid in prolonging the life of wood-laid roads between renewals, and thus reduce the frequency of stoppages in thoroughfares so paved.'<ref>Hartlepool Mail, 7th January 1886</ref> | |||
1891 Advert. Listed as '''The Sandycroft Foundry and Engine Works Co'''. <ref>[[Post Office London Trades Directory, 1891]]</ref> | 1891 Advert. Listed as '''The Sandycroft Foundry and Engine Works Co'''. <ref>[[Post Office London Trades Directory, 1891]]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 23:31, 2 December 2013
of Sandycroft, on the River Dee, Hawarden, near Chester.
1835 Company established in Clwyd, Wales.
c1855 Company moved to Sandycroft, Chester.
1855 Advertisement listing items to be sold by auction at the Sandycroft Foundry and Shipyards sale of stock-in-trade. Items included several unfinished marine engines [1]
1877-82 They built five railway locomotives
1886 'RESURFACING WOOD PAVING. Some experiments have recently been carried out in Manchester with the view of testing a machine for cutting and resurfacing roadways laid with wood paving after they have become unevenly worn by traffic or by settlement. The machine is the invention of Mr Arthur C. Bicknell, of the Sandycroft Foundry Company, Chester. In appearance it is not unlike an ordinary traction engine, propelling itself, and carrying in front of it large, revolving, horizontal head fitted with cutters, and driven by friction gearing. In the experiment referred to a number old wooden blocks which had been taken up from a worn-out road, and were full of stones and grit, were relaid in concrete, and fitted in with cement and sand, the usual method of making a road. A week was then allowed for the cement to be thoroughly set before the cutting-machine was applied. The surface was then taken off, the cuts varying from half an inch to three inches in depth. The deeper the cut the better the machine appeared to work, the cutters getting below the grit and stones on the surface. The speed at which the cutting head advanced was about 1ft. per minute. It would appear desirable that further experiments should be carried out on worn road instead of on a batch of worn blocks reset. This would be a fair test of the invention, which, if proved successful, might aid in prolonging the life of wood-laid roads between renewals, and thus reduce the frequency of stoppages in thoroughfares so paved.'[2]
1891 Advert. Listed as The Sandycroft Foundry and Engine Works Co. [3]
1898 Thames-Hauraki pump commissioned at Bella Street Pumphouse, Thames, New Zealand, for draining gold mines. Most of the engine was scrapped, but the external bell crank is intact, and the crankshaft to drive it was found buried in a pit when the pumphouse was being restored as the Museum of Technology. The original overhead crane, made by James Spencer of Hollinwood, is still in situ, and this has the date 1896, so presumably the Sandycroft steam pumping machinery construction commenced at that time.
1900 Incorporated as a private limited company.
1907 Large tandem drum winding engine for an overseas mine. Cylinders 30" bore, 6 ft stroke. Mine shaft sloped at a approximately 60 degrees to the horizontal [4] See illustrations.
1909 'Mr. Frank Taylor, of Watford. Herts, of Messrs John Taylor and Sons, civil and mining engineers, head of the Sandycroft Foundry. Ltd. machinery manufacturers, of Sandycroft, Hawarden, a well-known racehorse owner and director of several gold mining companies left £253,732 gross, the net personalty being £207,908.[5]
1911 5500 HP Corliss Winding engine for mines in Southern India. [6]. Cylinders 42" bore, 7 ft stroke. Mineshaft depth 3700 ft, winding speed 3000 ft/min. [7] See illustrations.
1914 Manufacturers of mining and electrical machinery. [8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Birmingham Gazette - Monday 15th October 1855
- ↑ Hartlepool Mail, 7th January 1886
- ↑ Post Office London Trades Directory, 1891
- ↑ 'The Engineer' 1st of November 1907
- ↑ Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 9th February 1909
- ↑ The Engineer of 27th October 1911 p438
- ↑ 'Engineering' 27th October 1911
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book