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1838 Advertisement: 'RADFORDS and Co. respectfully inform the Public, that they have REMOVED the STOCK of their own Manufactures to their NEW PREMISES in DAVID STREET, adjoining the Waterloo Foundry, where they continue to make, and have on Sale, an extensive assortment of iron castings, of every description required in the building trade; also weighing machines, fireproof book safes, stoves, grates, mangles, shower baths, iron garden rollers, boilers, palisades, stable castings, steam and water pipes, slide water and steam valves, cranes, crabs, blocks, teagles for warehouses, and every description of hoisting machinery.'<ref>Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Saturday 3rd November 1838</ref> | 1838 Advertisement: 'RADFORDS and Co. respectfully inform the Public, that they have REMOVED the STOCK of their own Manufactures to their NEW PREMISES in DAVID STREET, adjoining the Waterloo Foundry, where they continue to make, and have on Sale, an extensive assortment of iron castings, of every description required in the building trade; also weighing machines, fireproof book safes, stoves, grates, mangles, shower baths, iron garden rollers, boilers, palisades, stable castings, steam and water pipes, slide water and steam valves, cranes, crabs, blocks, teagles for warehouses, and every description of hoisting machinery.'<ref>Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Saturday 3rd November 1838</ref> | ||
1841 Advertisement: 'Exempt from Duty — Waterloo Foundry, David-street, Manchester.— To Ironfounders, Railway Engineers, Millwrights, Machine Makers, and others.—<br>Extensive Sale of Smiths' Tools, Moulding Boxes, Common and Geared Turning Lathes, Self-acting Slide Lathes, Hydraulic Presses, Screwing Machine, Book Safes, Portable Weighing Machines, Patent Mangles, a great variety of Castings for Sham and Fancy Fire Grates, with other articles. <br>By JAMES DREW (by order of the assignees of the estate of Messrs. Radfords and Co.), .... THE Whole of the PROPERTY on the said premises, consisting of the regular quantity of tools for 12 smiths' hearths, bellows, and anvils, principally for heavy work; a great variety of moulding boxes, for casting railway and other bridges; a number of excellent patterns for do.; moulding boxes and patterns for casting 12 and 15-feet diameter turn-tables for railways; pipe and retort patterns; mangle do. ; common and fancy firegrate do.; portable weighing machine do., will weigh from 50 to 700lb; a numher of excellent patterns for cast-iron book safes; a good assortment of spur, mitre, and bevel wheel patterns; patterns for steam engines; a variety of palisade patterns, in wood and iron; patterns in wood and iron for every branch connected with the business; one hydraulic press, with seven-inch ram, for making paper bowls; one self-acting slide lathe, 30 feet on the bed, 38 inches broad, two pair of 90-inch headstocks, large face plate, tools, speeds and fixings; boring bar, and heads for boring steam engine cylinders and air pumps; one self-acting slide lathe, 20 feet on the bed, 13-inch headstocks, faceplates, speed cones, and fixings; two nine-inch turning lathes, cone speeds, and fixings ; portable crane; screwing machine, with complete sets of taps and dies; a number of sets new and second-hand stocks, taps, and dies; the castings consist of water and steam pipes, gas retorts, book safes, portable weighing machines; the finished work consists of an excellent assortment of cast-iron book safes, patent mangles, portable weighing machines garden roller, cast-iron boilers, ovens and fire grates, shower baths, a number of cases of wards and mounting for book safes; door, cupboard, and other patent locks, brass handles; three excellent eight-day timepieces; large scale beams, bottoms, and weights; counting-house fixtures; two hand and two broad-wheeled carts, and other articles for conducting the business on respectable scale. In consequence of the shortness of the days, and the number of the lots to be got through, the sale will commence each day at ten o'clock prompt. For further particulars apply to Messrs. J. & I. Knight, accountants, 40, Pall Mall; to the Auctioneer, 28, Pall Mall; and 58, Hall Place, Strangeways, Manchester.'<ref>Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 6 November 1841</ref> | |||
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Radfords & Co of Waterloo Foundry, David Street, Manchester
1838 Advertisement: 'RADFORDS and Co. respectfully inform the Public, that they have REMOVED the STOCK of their own Manufactures to their NEW PREMISES in DAVID STREET, adjoining the Waterloo Foundry, where they continue to make, and have on Sale, an extensive assortment of iron castings, of every description required in the building trade; also weighing machines, fireproof book safes, stoves, grates, mangles, shower baths, iron garden rollers, boilers, palisades, stable castings, steam and water pipes, slide water and steam valves, cranes, crabs, blocks, teagles for warehouses, and every description of hoisting machinery.'[1]
1841 Advertisement: 'Exempt from Duty — Waterloo Foundry, David-street, Manchester.— To Ironfounders, Railway Engineers, Millwrights, Machine Makers, and others.—
Extensive Sale of Smiths' Tools, Moulding Boxes, Common and Geared Turning Lathes, Self-acting Slide Lathes, Hydraulic Presses, Screwing Machine, Book Safes, Portable Weighing Machines, Patent Mangles, a great variety of Castings for Sham and Fancy Fire Grates, with other articles.
By JAMES DREW (by order of the assignees of the estate of Messrs. Radfords and Co.), .... THE Whole of the PROPERTY on the said premises, consisting of the regular quantity of tools for 12 smiths' hearths, bellows, and anvils, principally for heavy work; a great variety of moulding boxes, for casting railway and other bridges; a number of excellent patterns for do.; moulding boxes and patterns for casting 12 and 15-feet diameter turn-tables for railways; pipe and retort patterns; mangle do. ; common and fancy firegrate do.; portable weighing machine do., will weigh from 50 to 700lb; a numher of excellent patterns for cast-iron book safes; a good assortment of spur, mitre, and bevel wheel patterns; patterns for steam engines; a variety of palisade patterns, in wood and iron; patterns in wood and iron for every branch connected with the business; one hydraulic press, with seven-inch ram, for making paper bowls; one self-acting slide lathe, 30 feet on the bed, 38 inches broad, two pair of 90-inch headstocks, large face plate, tools, speeds and fixings; boring bar, and heads for boring steam engine cylinders and air pumps; one self-acting slide lathe, 20 feet on the bed, 13-inch headstocks, faceplates, speed cones, and fixings; two nine-inch turning lathes, cone speeds, and fixings ; portable crane; screwing machine, with complete sets of taps and dies; a number of sets new and second-hand stocks, taps, and dies; the castings consist of water and steam pipes, gas retorts, book safes, portable weighing machines; the finished work consists of an excellent assortment of cast-iron book safes, patent mangles, portable weighing machines garden roller, cast-iron boilers, ovens and fire grates, shower baths, a number of cases of wards and mounting for book safes; door, cupboard, and other patent locks, brass handles; three excellent eight-day timepieces; large scale beams, bottoms, and weights; counting-house fixtures; two hand and two broad-wheeled carts, and other articles for conducting the business on respectable scale. In consequence of the shortness of the days, and the number of the lots to be got through, the sale will commence each day at ten o'clock prompt. For further particulars apply to Messrs. J. & I. Knight, accountants, 40, Pall Mall; to the Auctioneer, 28, Pall Mall; and 58, Hall Place, Strangeways, Manchester.'[2]