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William Roberts and Sons - Phoenix Foundry, Nelson, Lancashire | |||
* Engineers and millwrights | |||
* Makers of stationary steam engines. | |||
* 1862 Phoenix Foundry opened in Hibson Street | |||
* 1870 Built a pair of beam engines for William Lund and Son, North Beck Mills, Keighley. | |||
* 1871 William Roberts bought the company. | |||
* 1895 Became a private limited liability company. | |||
* Between 1880 and 1895 they built over twenty mill engines in the range 300 to 1000 ihp. A further 25 textile mill engines were built in the 20th century. | |||
* 1929 Built a 1100 ihp Corliss-valved engine for Juggilal Kamlapat Jute Mills Co., Cawnpore, India. They had previously built a smaller engine for J and N Cowlas, Cawnpore. | |||
* 1959 Phoenix Foundry closed and subsequently demolished, the site becoming a bus station and car park. | |||
==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
* 'The Textile Mills of Pendle and Their Steam Engines' by Geoff Shackleton, published by Landmark Publishing. ISBN 1-84306-215-1 | |||
* Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10 | * Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10 | ||
[[Category:Stationary Engines]] | [[Category:Stationary Engines]] | ||
Revision as of 06:58, 10 May 2009
William Roberts and Sons - Phoenix Foundry, Nelson, Lancashire
- Engineers and millwrights
- Makers of stationary steam engines.
- 1862 Phoenix Foundry opened in Hibson Street
- 1870 Built a pair of beam engines for William Lund and Son, North Beck Mills, Keighley.
- 1871 William Roberts bought the company.
- 1895 Became a private limited liability company.
- Between 1880 and 1895 they built over twenty mill engines in the range 300 to 1000 ihp. A further 25 textile mill engines were built in the 20th century.
- 1929 Built a 1100 ihp Corliss-valved engine for Juggilal Kamlapat Jute Mills Co., Cawnpore, India. They had previously built a smaller engine for J and N Cowlas, Cawnpore.
- 1959 Phoenix Foundry closed and subsequently demolished, the site becoming a bus station and car park.
Sources of Information
- 'The Textile Mills of Pendle and Their Steam Engines' by Geoff Shackleton, published by Landmark Publishing. ISBN 1-84306-215-1
- Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10