A. Horlock and Co
From Graces Guide
A. Horlock & Co of Northfleet Ironworks, Kent
1847 Alfred Horlock started up the Northfleet Ironworks in 1847, when he was only 25, taking over a new factory from Poynder and Medlicott (Medlicott being his uncle).
1848 Built two locomotives for the 4ft gauge Dinorwic Slate Quarries. [1]. One of these, 'Fire Queen', had survived into preservation (see photo). The design is unusual, but the workmanship is excellent.
1853 Bankrupt. '...Bankruptcy, filed on the 20th day of July, 1853, against Alfred Horlock, of Northfleet, in the county of Kent, Steam Engine Manufacturer, Dealer and Chapman...'[2]
His factory was sold to Bell, Wells and Co, shipbuilders. He was later employed at Fletcher’s shipyard in Gravesend, and died in 1866. [3]
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