Difference between revisions of "J. and G. Joicey and Co"
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[[Image:Joicey_locos01.jpg|thumb|1886 colliery locomotives]] | [[Image:Joicey_locos01.jpg|thumb|1886 colliery locomotives]] | ||
[[image:Im1882EnV54-p429.jpg|thumb| 1882. Tank locomotive for the [[Mickley Coal Co]].]] | [[image:Im1882EnV54-p429.jpg|thumb| 1882. Tank locomotive for the [[Mickley Coal Co]].]] | ||
[[image:Im1886V61-p45.jpg|thumb| 1886. Colliery tank locomotives.]] | |||
[[image:Im1886V62-p270.jpg|thumb| 1886. Underground pumping engines for [[Hebburn Colliery]].]] | |||
'''J. and G. Joicey and Co''' of Forth Banks West Factory, Newcastle, offices 29/21 Quay. | '''J. and G. Joicey and Co''' of Forth Banks West Factory, Newcastle, offices 29/21 Quay. |
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J. and G. Joicey and Co of Forth Banks West Factory, Newcastle, offices 29/21 Quay.
1828 George Joicey and (presumably) his brother James invested in a colliery at Tanfield Moor.
The company was first known as J. and G. Joicey and Company
After 1829 the colliery business became known as James Joicey and Co.
1850 James and George Joicey, Engineers[1]
1867-94 Made around twenty-four locomotives for colliery and factory use
1886 Joicey's largest and smallest colliery tank locomotives illustrated in 'The Engineer' (see illustration). The smaller engine was 3' 6", made small and light for working above coke ovens when charging them with coal [2]
1890 J. and G. Joicey and Co, Pottery Lane, Forth banks, Newcastle[3], boiler makers, brass founders, engineers, iron founders.
1914 of Forth banks, Newcastle[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
- The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978/9. ISBN 0-903485-65-6
- Aberconway Chapter X
- Biography of Sir James Joicey, ODNB [1]