Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Littlewood and Son

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1847 Sale Notice: 'at the Foundry, Machine Shop, Yard and Premwea, situate near the Canal, at Bottom Gate, in Blackburn; (by order of the Assignees of Messrs. Littlewood and Son)..... THE whole of the valuable WORKING TOOLS, unmanufactured STOCK-IN-TRADE, IMPLEMENTS and UTENSILS, comprising a capital 14-feet slide Lathe; ten (from 12 to 7-incb) back-geered Lathes; seven (from 10 to 6-inch) Lathes; three upright Drills; Planeing Machine; Screwing Machines; a large and good assortment of Lathe Tools, Drills, Stocks, Taps and Dies; Glaizers' Grinding-stones; Smiths’ Anvils, Bellows, Swage Anvils, Crank Blocks, Vices, and a great variety of Smiths’ Working Tools; wrought and cast-iron Cubelos, Fans; extensive assortment of Moulding Boxes ; iron founders’ Working Tools, implements and utensils; large and powerful Crane with block and chain; Joiners’ Benches and Working Tools Circular Saw ; Grinding Stone ; assorted broken-up Timber, io planks, boards, &c.; a large quantity of wrought round, square, and flat bar Iron; scrap Iron ; cast iron;
'Power-Loom and other Castings,
Piping, &c.; large Beam and Scales, with Weights ; good assortment of new Files, Screws, Nails, Sprigs, Bolts, and Nuts; Washers, Wire, Working Tools; new and old Brass, Block-tin. Cast-steel, &c. Also, a valuable and extensive lot of Iron and Wood Patterns, (of the most improved designs) for making
SPINNING AND WEAVING MACHINERY;
great variety of other Iron and Wood Patterns, and various other valuable and useful articles connected with the Iron Foundry and Machine Making business; the Office Fixtures consist of a double Desk, Iron Safe, .....'[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. Blackburn Standard, 8 September 1847