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Union Engineering Co

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April 1870.
1876.
1880.
1882.
1884. From Kelly’s Directory of Worcestershire
June 1888. Colliery ventilation.
1889.
1891.
1892

Union Engineering Co of Booth St., Manchester, maker of stationary engines. [1]

By 1870 was "late C. Schiele and Co and Crighton, Teal and Diggle" - see advert

George Chapman Peel, John Crighton and Robert Crighton

1891 Partnership dissolved between George Chapman Peel, John Crighton and Robert Crighton carrying on business as Machinists at Holt Town and Clarence Street, Manchester as Union Engineering Co [2]

1891 'Cambrian Navigation Colliery in Clydach Vale, Rhondda Valley ...... a new Sehiele fan, to ventilate both No. 1 and 2 pits, has been erected at the top of the new No. 3. This new fan, which was built by the Union Engineering Company, of Manchester, was an object of great interest to the visitors, owing to its magnitude. It is stated to be the largest ventilating fan ever constructed, and is capable of producing, under favourable conditions, half a million cubic feet of air per minute. It is 21 feet in diameter, and is driven by a 36-inch cylinder (in duplicate), 4 feet 3 inch stroke. The full capacity of this fan is 70 strokes per minute, and while running at its present-rate of 52 strokes it produces 220,000 cubic feet of air per minute, with a 3-inch water gauge. ...'[3]

1892 Address Pollard Street East, Ancoats.

1904 The Schiele Union Engineering Company constructed an improved Combined Power and Drop Hammer.[4]


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Sources of Information

  1. Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10
  2. London Gazette
  3. Cardiff Times - Saturday 13 June 1891
  4. The Engineer 1904/05/20