William Bracewell, Burnley Iron Works, Burnley, Lancashire
- Iron and brass founders, engineers and millwrights.
- Makers of steam engines and steam hammers.
- The business was started by the Marsland family in the early 19th century, with an iron foundry in King Street.
- William Bracewell became sole owner.
- From the 1860s the engines were designed by William Pickup.
- Mine winding and drainage engines built in the 1870s.
- 1887 Assets sold. Assets bought by a new company - the Burnley Ironworks Company.
Sources of Information
- 'The Textile Mills of Pendle and Their Steam Engines' by Geoff Shackleton, published by Landmark Publishing. ISBN 1-84306-215-1