P.FW.3.130.JPG Lancashire Cotton Corporation Ltd. 1986, Frank Wightman.
William Woods & Sons Ltd. 1820-1851
Lancashire Cotton Corporation Ltd. Courtaulds Ltd. Trencherfield Mill, Wallgate, Wigan. 96, 468 ring spindles.
American Cotton 16s to 46s counts in tube, warp, bundle, or beam package.
Engine:- 2500 I.H.P by J&E. Wood Ltd Bolton 1907. Type: Horizontal 4 cylinder triple expansion.
The six Lancahire boilers made in 1907 by Tinker Shenton & Co Ltd. Hyde, near Manchester. 30'-0" DIA. 200Ib" working press. Evaporating 7000Ibs per hour with good coal and free steaming. One boiler = 500HP. so 5 were used taking water from engine hotwells by engine driven feed pumps to feed range and boiler check valves.
Boilers hand fired for years then fitted with hodgkinson-bennis low ram coking stokers with hand filled hoppers.
Please note! In Lancashire we dont employ men called "stokers" we call them "firebeaters". Stokers are in H.M Navy. Firemen are in Merchant service.
Drawn from Trencherfield Project Wigan Pier 1986.
P.FW.3.130.JPG Lancashire Cotton Corporation Ltd. 1986, Frank Wightman.
William Woods & Sons Ltd. 1820-1851
Lancashire Cotton Corporation Ltd. Courtaulds Ltd. Trencherfield Mill, Wallgate, Wigan. 96, 468 ring spindles.
American Cotton 16s to 46s counts in tube, warp, bundle, or beam package.
Engine:- 2500 I.H.P by J&E. Wood Ltd Bolton 1907. Type: Horizontal 4 cylinder triple expansion.
The six Lancahire boilers made in 1907 by Tinker Shenton & Co Ltd. Hyde, near Manchester. 30'-0" DIA. 200Ib" working press. Evaporating 7000Ibs per hour with good coal and free steaming. One boiler = 500HP. so 5 were used taking water from engine hotwells by engine driven feed pumps to feed range and boiler check valves.
Boilers hand fired for years then fitted with hodgkinson-bennis low ram coking stokers with hand filled hoppers.
Please note! In Lancashire we dont employ men called "stokers" we call them "firebeaters". Stokers are in H.M Navy. Firemen are in Merchant service.
Drawn from Trencherfield Project Wigan Pier 1986.