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Buckley & Taylor Ltd Biography Biography
1861-1947, stationary steam engine manufacturer, Oldham The company was established in 1861 by Samuel Buckley and James Taylor. They built simple, compound and triple expansion steam engines for driving cotton mills; pumping engines for hydraulic power stations; large gear wheels with cast and cut teeth; rope pulleys for main drives; wheel moulding machines.

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78 engineering drawings from Buckley & Taylor Ltd, Castle Iron Works, Oldham for steam engine parts, pumps, governors, pipes, cylinders, steam engine arrangements, motion shafts, cranks, fly wheels, and boilers. Includes drawings for jobs for The Prince of Wales Spinning Co. Oldham, Rylands & Sons Ltd Wigan, and Ziffer & Walker Manchester, and for companies in Burnley, Barnoldswick and Brazil.
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1 linear metre
Language
English
Archival history
Provenance unknown
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Science and Industry Museum

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Buckley & Taylor Ltd Biography Biography
1861-1947, stationary steam engine manufacturer, Oldham The company was established in 1861 by Samuel Buckley and James Taylor. They built simple, compound and triple expansion steam engines for driving cotton mills; pumping engines for hydraulic power stations; large gear wheels with cast and cut teeth; rope pulleys for main drives; wheel moulding machines.

Subject
Engineering
Iron industry
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