Sharp, Stewart and Co
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Sharp, Stewart and Co initially of Atlas Works, Manchester, and moving to Atlas Works, Glasgow in 1888.
- 1828 Thomas Sharp and Richard Roberts entered in to partnership at Falkner Street, Manchester.
- 1834 Commenced the manufacture of locomotives.
- 1842 Thomas Sharp died.
- In 1852, the senior partner of Sharp, Roberts and Co, John Sharp, retired and was replaced by Charles Patrick Stewart, the name of the company changing to Sharp, Stewart and Co. Thomas Sharp also retired and was succeeded by Stephen Robinson.
- 1853 Pillar Crane. [1]
- 1853 Slotting machine for 7ft wheels. [2]
- 1860 Sole rights were obtained for Giffard's patent injector.
- 1864 The company acquired limited liability.
- The company provided a number of 0-4-0 tender engines for the Furness Railway of which Number 20, built in 1863 has been restored to working order by the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway in Cumbria.
- 1862 The company began making larger engines, firstly some 4-6-0 saddle tank engines for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. By 1865 they were building 0-8-0s, again for India.
- 1888 Since they were also dealing in general brass and ironmongery, and machine tools, it became necessary to move, which they did in 1888. They took over and moved to the Clyde Locomotive Works in Glasgow, renaming it Atlas Works.
- 1889 A number of compounds were built for the Argentine Central Railway in 1889, some 4-4-0 and some 2-8-0.
- 1892 They received an order for seventy five 4-4-0s and 0-6-0s from the Midland Railway. By now they had built a number of 4-6-0 engines for overseas railways, but in 1894 came their first order for a British line, the "Jones Goods" of the Highland Railway. By the end of the century they were supplying railways at home and all over the world.
- 1894 Description of their Atlas works in 'The Engineer'. Long article with many photographs. [3]
- 1894 Large drawing of six-coupled Bogie Goods Engine for the Highland Railway. [4]
- 1900 A Duplex Triple-geared Lathe illustrated in 'The Engineer'. [5]
- 1903, having built over 5,000 engines, the company amalgamated with Neilson and Co and Dubs and Co to form the North British Locomotive Company.
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- ↑ The Imperial Journal 1853 Volume III. p240
- ↑ The Imperial Journal 1853 Volume III. p623
- ↑ The Engineer of 14th December 1894 p511
- ↑ The Engineer of 14th December 1894 p534 Supplement
- ↑ The Engineer of 27th April 1900 p434
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
