Thompson and Cole
Thompson & Cole of Hope Foundry, St George's Street, Little Bolton
1833 formerly Thompson, Swift and Cole
Built five locomotives. [1]
Maker of stationary engines. [2]
1842 A 20 HP beam engine by Thompson & Cole was included in the sale of machinery at the Woolfold Bleach Works, Bury, of Lodge and Turner.[3]
1845 Single cylinder beam engine for Thomas Appleton and Co, Horrabin Mills, Turton. This was an ornate, well-finished engine. It was scrapped after the mills closed in 1938. [4]
1853 A 10 HP secondhand beam engine by Thompson & Cole was advertised for sale by John Musgrave and Son.[5]
1856 'According to the Valparaiso Mercurio, a fatal boiler explosion took place at the steam-planing establishment of Messrs. Thompson and Cole, at Calle Chacabuco, owing to which the building was destroyed and four lives lost. Two of the persons who lost their lives were William Martindale, an Englishman, and Mr. Cole, the partner of the firm.'[6] Was this an overseas outpost, or a different firm?
Succeeded by W. and J. Cole
The Hope Foundry building has survived and been converted into flats [7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ * British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
- ↑ Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10
- ↑ Bolton Free Press, 4 June 1842
- ↑ ‘Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Volume 3.2: Lancashire’ by George Watkins: Landmark Publishing Ltd.
- ↑ Bolton Chronicle - Saturday 15 October 1853
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post, Friday 7 March 1856
- ↑ [1] Geograph website: 2012 photo of former Hope Foundry