Bow Bridge Iron Works

of Stratford, London

To ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS, MACHINISTS, and Others.— By Messrs FULLER and HORSEY,on April 2, and following Day, at Eleven each day, on the Premises, the Bow Bridge Iron Works, Stratford, near Bow Bridge, in Lots, without reserve, by direction of the proprietor,
The valuable Machinery and Tools of an Engineer's Factory, of the best description, principally manufactured by Whitworth of Manchester, and Smith, Beacock, and Tannett, of Leeds and include powerful self-acting turning, screw-cutting, and boring lathe, with 16-inch centre , 18 feet long, and set of wheels for screw-cutting, self-acting turning lathes, with Whitworth's wheels for screw-cutting; four engine-turning lathes of smaller dimensions, pattern-makers' lathe, an expensively-finished shaping machine, self-acting planing machine with bed 10 feet by 2 feet 4, two powerful self-acting drilling machines, over-head motions , two high-pressure steam-engines of 3 and 4 horse power, air engine, cylindrical steam-boiler, vices and benches. 100 feet shafting, driving-wheels and bands, set of Whitworth taps and dies, five dozen Budden's patent universal screw spanners, 10 cwt. cast steel, five stone dressing machines of steel and other tools, ....'

Also advertised for sale was 'A valuable Patent for Improvements in Apparatus for Dressing Stones for Grinding Corn, Grain, and other substances, the machine by a simple contrivance effecting a great saving in the time ordinarily required to dress stones, while at the same time the cut is given with mathematical precision. It is not much known in this country, but it is extensively used on the Continent, and its extreme simplicity, and at the same time great efficiency in its operation, must render it a valuable acquisition to the establishment of a miller , cement-manufacturer, or grinder. One of the machines, together with a copy of the specification and drawings, may be inspected at the offices of the Auctioneers, 13, Billiter-street...'

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