Title
Documents and plans regarding engines for the Scinde Railway Company
Reference
SCIN
Production date
21-06-1869 - 22-06-1869
Creator
- Scinde Railway CompanyBiographyBiography
The Scinde Railway Company was a railway company established in 1854 in what is now Pakistan. The line initially stretched from Karachi to Kotreem until 1857 when the constitution of the company was modified and contracts were made for the construction of another section of the line from Multan to Amritsar in the Punjab. Contracts were also made for working a Steam Flotilla on the Indus connecting the Scinde and Punjab sections. The company constructed a further line connecting Delhi and Amritsar. The four sections of the railway were at first kept separate and distinct under the names of the Scinde Railway, Indus Flotilla Company, Punjab Railway and Delhi Railway, although conducted through the agency of one company. In 1869 the three railway sections were amalgamated into the Scinde Punjab and Delhi Railway.
In 1886 the state acquired and merged the Scinde, Punjab and Delhi Railway, Punjab Northern Railway, Indus Valley State Railway, eastern section of Sind-Sagar Railway, southern section of Sind Pishin Railway, and Kandhar State Railway. The whole system was brought under direct state management under name North Western State Railway, later renamed as the North Western Railway (NWR).
Scope and Content
The collection includes specifications, tenders and enginering drawings originating from British companies describing stationary engines by Robert Bowden et al. betweeen 21-22 June 1869. Folder comprises nine items: three specifications and three tenders (in letter form, being 14 ms. pages) and three drawings of engines. These have been accumulated by the Scinde Railway Company and are for proposed use on the Punjab and Delhi Railway. Material originates from Robert J Bowden executor of the late Benjamin Goodfellow, Hyde near Manchester, Avonside Engine Company, Bristol, Hick and Hargreaves Co, Soho Iron Works, Bolton.
Extent
1 folder with 9 items
Physical description
Good condition, items have been sewn into an archival folder
Language
English
Archival history
Papers originate from British railway Companies Robert J Borden executor of the late Benjamin Goodfellow, Hyde near Manchester, Avonside Engine Company, Bristol, Hick and Hargreaves Co, Soho Iron Works, Bolton, however they have been sent to and accumulated by The Scinde Railway Company. Donated to the Science Museum from a private donor, 1986. Transferred to the National Railway Museum in 2005.
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
National Railway Museum, York
Associated people and organisations
- Avonside Engine CompanyBiographyBiography
The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Avon Street, St. Phillips, Bristol. The company was formed in 1864 to take over the business of Slaughter, Gruning and Co. The directors were John Bates, William Bevan, Henry Gruning, George Edgar Ranking, Edward Slaughter (Managing Director) and Christopher James Thomas. Company's purpose was the construction and maintenance of locomotive and marine engines. In 1881 the company went into liquidation during a recession in the industry.
- Bowden, Robert J.BiographyBiography
Robert J. Bowden acted for the executers of the late Benjamin Goodfellow (1811-1863) of the Goodfellow and Matthews company (late B. Goodfellow and Co.) and signed documents on his behalf concerning Scinde Railway Company in 1869.
- Goodfellow, BenjaminBiographyBiography
Benjamin Goodfellow (1811-1863), mechanic and manufacturer, was born in 1811 at Rainow near Macclesfield. He began to work in a silk mill at the age of six years. After moving with his parents to Hyde, near Manchester, he worked at the Carrfield Mills, Floweryfield and was employed there as a mechanic upon the various machines used in spinning and weaving cotton until 1838.
In early 1840s he established B. Goodfellow and Co. works for the manufacturing of the steam-engine piston and general engineering work. In 1888 the company presumably changed its name to Goodfellow and Matthews. Goodfellow's arrangements of compound steam engines for economising fuel were largely adopted in the cotton manufacturing districts and he was one of the original members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers from its commencement in 1847. Benjamin Goodfellow died at the age of 52 on 29th April 1863.
Subject
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