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1842 Sale Notice: 'Waterloo Foundry.- To Iron Founders, Millwrights, Machine Makers, and others.<br>Cupolas, Blowing Apparatus, High-pressure Steam Engine, &c. <br>BY T. DREW <br>By order of the Assignees of Messrs. Radford and Co., on Wednesday the 8th day of June 1842, at the Waterloo Foundry, David-street, Manchester: <br>ONE Square CAST-IRON CUPOLA, will bring down 2 1/2-tons of iron; one do. for three tons; one do. for four tons; one air furnace for seven tons; seven large foundry cranes, with block chains and carriages; large three-legs chain and ram for breaking cast-iron; three core stoves with slide doors, fire grates, carriages, and railways; suspension railway with iron pillars and two carriages, for loading heavy work; two lorries, railways, and turn table, two very strong crab cranes and large chains, twelve smiths' hearths; wrought and cast-iron and brick work, boring mill and fixings; one four-horse high-pressure steam engine, with boiler of eight horses' power; two hydraulic presses with apparatus for trying the strength of cast-iron beams; several sets of blocks and chains; two lever weighing machines, will weigh from three to four tons each, tools for various purposes, and other articles. Sale to commence at eleven o'clock prompt and for further particulars apply to Mr. JAMES KNIGHT, ....' <ref>Manchester Times - Saturday 28 May 1842</ref> | 1842 Sale Notice: 'Waterloo Foundry.- To Iron Founders, Millwrights, Machine Makers, and others.<br>Cupolas, Blowing Apparatus, High-pressure Steam Engine, &c. <br>BY T. DREW <br>By order of the Assignees of Messrs. Radford and Co., on Wednesday the 8th day of June 1842, at the Waterloo Foundry, David-street, Manchester: <br>ONE Square CAST-IRON CUPOLA, will bring down 2 1/2-tons of iron; one do. for three tons; one do. for four tons; one air furnace for seven tons; seven large foundry cranes, with block chains and carriages; large three-legs chain and ram for breaking cast-iron; three core stoves with slide doors, fire grates, carriages, and railways; suspension railway with iron pillars and two carriages, for loading heavy work; two lorries, railways, and turn table, two very strong crab cranes and large chains, twelve smiths' hearths; wrought and cast-iron and brick work, boring mill and fixings; one four-horse high-pressure steam engine, with boiler of eight horses' power; two hydraulic presses with apparatus for trying the strength of cast-iron beams; several sets of blocks and chains; two lever weighing machines, will weigh from three to four tons each, tools for various purposes, and other articles. Sale to commence at eleven o'clock prompt and for further particulars apply to Mr. JAMES KNIGHT, ....' <ref>Manchester Times - Saturday 28 May 1842</ref> | ||
The 1849 O.S. map<ref>The Godfrey Edition O.S. Town Plan Manchester Sheet 33, Manchester (Oxford Street & Gaythorn) 1849</ref> shows that '''Waterloo Foundry''' was located at the junction of the Ashton Canal and a branch canal, providing good access for loading to and from barges. The eastern side of the premises was bounded by houses and accessed by Waterloo Street and Mill Street from David Street. On the opposite side of the branch caanal was [[Dickinson Street Mill]] and then, a bit further north, was the Globe Iron Works. | |||
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Revision as of 11:14, 3 January 2022
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]
1842 Sale Notice: 'Waterloo Foundry.- To Iron Founders, Millwrights, Machine Makers, and others.
Cupolas, Blowing Apparatus, High-pressure Steam Engine, &c.
BY T. DREW
By order of the Assignees of Messrs. Radford and Co., on Wednesday the 8th day of June 1842, at the Waterloo Foundry, David-street, Manchester:
ONE Square CAST-IRON CUPOLA, will bring down 2 1/2-tons of iron; one do. for three tons; one do. for four tons; one air furnace for seven tons; seven large foundry cranes, with block chains and carriages; large three-legs chain and ram for breaking cast-iron; three core stoves with slide doors, fire grates, carriages, and railways; suspension railway with iron pillars and two carriages, for loading heavy work; two lorries, railways, and turn table, two very strong crab cranes and large chains, twelve smiths' hearths; wrought and cast-iron and brick work, boring mill and fixings; one four-horse high-pressure steam engine, with boiler of eight horses' power; two hydraulic presses with apparatus for trying the strength of cast-iron beams; several sets of blocks and chains; two lever weighing machines, will weigh from three to four tons each, tools for various purposes, and other articles. Sale to commence at eleven o'clock prompt and for further particulars apply to Mr. JAMES KNIGHT, ....' [3]
The 1849 O.S. map[4] shows that Waterloo Foundry was located at the junction of the Ashton Canal and a branch canal, providing good access for loading to and from barges. The eastern side of the premises was bounded by houses and accessed by Waterloo Street and Mill Street from David Street. On the opposite side of the branch caanal was Dickinson Street Mill and then, a bit further north, was the Globe Iron Works.