Phoenix Ironworks (Hanley)

of Hanley, Staffordshire

1857 Sale of plant and equipment on the premises of the Phoenix Ironworks included a 12 HP direct-acting high-pressure engine, 12-inch cylinder, 2 feet stroke ; cylindrical boiler, 24 feet long, 4 feet 6 inches diameter, with flue through ; cylindrical boiler, 17 feet 6 inches long, 4 feet 6 inches diameter, with 8-horse high-pressure engine on top of boiler, 8 inch cylinder, 2 feet 2 inch stroke; horizontal high-pressure engine, 12-inch cylinder, 2 feet stroke ; new large power planing machine, will plane 12 feet long, 4 ft 4 inches wide, 4 feet high, by Collier; large double-geared shaping machine, 18-inch stroke, 20-feet bed, by Collier ; shaping machine, 16-inch stroke, ditto; double-geared upright self acting drilling machine, by ditto; double geared screwing machine, by Vaughan and Hossack ; double-geared double-wheel lathe, one headstock, will take in a wheel 7 feet diamter, the other 5 feet 6 inches ; two slide rests, bed 24 feet long, 4 feet wide, by Bedlington Engine Company; 18-inch double-geared lathe, bed 12 feet long; 20-inch double-geared slide lathe, compound slide rest, bed 24 feet long; 12½ inch double-geared lathe, with slide rest; two 12 inch double geared lathes, with slide rests, screw face plates, beds 24 feet long, by Bedlington Engine Company ; 11 inch raised to 13½ inch double-geared lathe, slide rest, bed 12 feet long, by Whitworth; 12-inch double-geared lathe, Whitworth ; 12-inch double-geared screw-cutting slide lathe, slide rest, bed 16 feet long, by Collier ; 9½-inch double geared self-acting slide lathe, slide rest, bed 12 feet long ; 7 inch double-geared lathe; 6½-inch double-geared screwcutting self-acting slide Lathe, bed 16 feet ; single speed lathe ; nut cutting machine, Nasmyth ; boring bar, 7 feet inches long, .... boiler makers' tools, punching and shearing machine, by Whitworth ; lever punching and shearing machine, plate bending machine, will take in plate 4 feet wide ; bellows, two wood sheds, foundry crane, large and small ladles, riddles, snovels, crucibles, core boxes, loam boards, joiners and pattern makers shops 12-Inch single speed break lathe, bed 16 feet long; ...... N.B.- The above IRON WORKS are TO BE LET, and possession thereof given at the end of July.—For particulars, and to treat, apply to Messrs. Ward and Son, Solicitors. Newcastle.'

Did John Warner and Son take over?

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