Hamilton Woods and Co
of Liver Foundry, Salford.
Business established by Mr Hamilton Woods
Liver Iron Foundry was located on the banks of the River Irwell, 300 yards south of Regent Bridge. The foundry was in close proximity to other noted Salford factories, namely Irwell Rubber Works, Gresham and Craven, Sunnyside Mills, Hulse and Co., while on the opposite bank of the Irwell, in Hulme, were Dacca Mills and St George’s Foundry. This 1961 photograph shows the Hamilton Woods' Liver Foundry to the left (south) of the Craven Iron Works of Gresham and Craven. The taller buildings to the left are shown on the 1916 O.S. map as the works of the Irwell and Eastern Rubber Co. The photo was taken from east bank of the River Irwell, at the point where the River Medlock and the Hulme Junction Locks joined the River Irwell.
1869 Horizontal steam engines with variable expansion gear. Their first engine of that type was made in 1869 to drive the machinery at the workshops of the Tasmanian Railways. Another was made for Wright, Turner and Sons' Mill in Pendleton [1]
1881 Supplied 30 HP marine engines for the SS Ashurst, an iron screw steamer, 94 feet long, 17 feet broad, and 9 ft 7" feet deep, built in London by Edwards and Symes in July, 1881. It foundered in a gale in the Bristol Channel while on a voyage from Bristol to Lowestoft in 1888. [2]
Makers of valves and heat exchangers
1952 Listed as makers of valves, hydrants and fittings in 1952 B.E.A. Members' Handbook