The Stationary Steam Engine PART 64 – BUILDERS II: Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle

Ron Fitzgerald takes a look at the history and development of the stationary steam engine. Continued from p.626, M.E. 4755, November 1 Trevithick's policy of selecting a number of nationally dispersed firms to manufacturer the patent engine was firmly established by the beginning of 1805. In the south-west of England the Hayle Foundry provided for the Cornish peninsular whilst in South Wales Samuel Homfray was the main designated builder although Neath Ironworks may also have been producing engines. Coalbrookdale and the Bridgnorth Foundry served the English Midlands but Trevithick was also developing contacts in the north. In September 1804, an unnamed foundry at Chesterfield was building an engine as a sample - doubtless, Ebenezer Smith's Griffin Foundry. In Lancashire, Trevithick focused on Manchester where David Whitehead's Soho Foundry in Ancoats…

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