Title
Collection of photographic prints and a drawing relating to the Firgrove Mill engine
Reference
YA1972.29
Production date
01-01-1907 - 31-10-1983
Creator
- Unknown CreatorBiographyBiography
It has not been possible to identify the creator of the archive material described.
- William Kenyon & Sons LimitedBiographyBiography
William Kenyon & Sons Limited was founded in 1866. The company began by manufacturing rope drives for use in industrial power transmission. The company diversified into making rope for carrier systems and for the paper industry. The company supplied the ropes used in the first ascent of Everest by Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
Scope and Content
The photographic prints show the J & W McNaught tandem compound condensing engine that powered R Barnes & Co's Firgrove Mill in Rochdale. The drawing depicts the rope race in use at Firgrove Mill that transferred power from the engine to the machinery operating on each floor of the mill.
Extent
2 photographs and 1 engineering drawing
Archival history
The photographs were donated by Courtaulds Limited along with the Firgrove Mill engine on display in the Science and Industry Museum Power Hall. The drawing was commissioned by the the then Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry from William Kenyon & Sons Ltd.
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- J & W McNaught LtdBiographyBiography
J & W McNaught Ltd was founded in 1858 by William McNaught and his two sons, John and William. McNaught was an engine from Rochdale, Lancashire. Prior to starting his own company, he had been an apprentice for Mr Mills of Heywood, Bury, and had gone on to work for John & Thomas Rennie of London and then Alexander Petrie & Son. He became the chief designer at Petrie's, where he designed a cut-off gear for stationary steam engines. In 1858 McNaught left to create his own steam engine and textile machinery business. Upon his retirement, the company passed to his sons and became known as J & W McNaught.
The company amalgamated with John Petrie in 1920 to form Petrie & McNaught.
- R. Barnes & Co.
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
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