Monks, Hall and Co:1935 Review
Note: This is a sub-section of Monks, Hall and Co
Visit of the Iron and Steel Institute to the Iron, Steel and Engineering Industries of Manchester and District
Monks, Hall and Co, Warrington.
This firm produces wrought iron for fencing, smithy work, horse shoes, railway wagon work, colliery purposes, chains, cables, textile machinery, tubes, etc. In addition, steel is rolled into bars, rods, strips and sections for ferro-concrete construction, bright drawing, general engineering, etc., as well as for mining purposes, such as arches, light rails, roofing bars and pit props.
Tubes up to 4" nominal bore are made both in iron and steel, both lap and buttwelded. Bitumen coated and wrapped tubes, a product which has come to the fore lately particularly in connection with gas undertakings, are another product of the firm. Other tubes are produced for heating installations, road and housing schemes, water works, sprinklers, irrigation, boring, sewage, oil-pipe lines, refrigerating plant and vacuum brakes.
In the rivet making department, rivets are made both by the "hot" and the "cold" process, the larger ones being produced hot and the smaller ones cold The rivets produced here find markets in the boiler trade, ship building and repairing, and general engineering.
Many famous ships, including the "Endeavour" contain rivets and bars supplied from these works. Another interesting department is that which produces railway spikes.
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