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A wrought-iron mill damsel; a flat iron bar with a row of cross holes and a journal ends, perhaps millwork; 2 light rods formed into shallow S curves with eye ends; a length of pump rod or shaft 1" diameter with a cottered muff coupling; an iron half-bearing to fit 1 1/4" diameter shaft; a nut tapped 2 1/4" diameter x 8 t.p.i. diameter for a holding-down bolt; a cast-iron disc 6 1/8" diameter with a groove turned in the edge and a central hole 9/16" diameter; and a light cast iron pulley, damaged, 5 1/8" diameter to fit 7/16" shaft, perhaps for a sewing machine

A wrought-iron mill damsel; a flat iron bar with a row of cross holes and a journal ends

Barrel (broken short), cover and gland of a jackhead pump and length of delivery pipe, found with 1911-80 but believed not to belong

Barrel (broken short)

Items found with Nasmyth steam hammer but not identified as belonging: a steam valve; a heavy iron bracket (for a valve ?); 2 forged blocks with forks & holes; a pair of heavy links & 2 other pieces all jointed together; a finger spring; a large coarse adjusting key; a sheet-metal guard and a doubled sheet metal spring; four forged bar ends

Items found with Nasmyth steam hammer but not identified

A quantity of machine parts found in Hayes bay 1 near to 1993-614; includes ratchet fittings, iron castings with slotted holes & a pair of cast gear wheels (one made-up to match the other) suggesting a textile machine

Various machine parts from Hayes Store

Cast iron fitting with forked top, circular base and screwed stem. Found with 1928-1082 but does not belong

Cast iron fitting with forked top

2 cast iron drip pans for shaft hangers; an iron lever with boss to fit 15/16" shaft and slotted hole at other end; a pulley 4" diameter x 3" to fit 3/4" shaft; a 3 step cone pulley for vee belt 5 1/2" diameter with bronze bush to fit 3/4" shaft; a cast iron bell-shaped "foot" with screwed in nipple

2 cast iron drip pans for shaft hangers

Two heavy cast-iron stools with dovetailed recesses

Two heavy cast-iron stools

Two wooden blocks each with a wooden pulley sheave let in, and another wood slip probably associated. NB the pivot pins are like those of ships' blocks

Two wooden blocks each with a wooden pulley sheave let in

A plywood board, 19" by 12", with metal fittings to mount on some machine, carrying sheets of carborundum paper to form a lap

Plywood board

Pair of copper syphon-pipes to pressure gauges, probably from a steam engine

Pair of copper syphon-pipes to pressure gauges

Metal bracket

Metal bracket

1 3/8" bolt with rod attached, stamped "bolt for withdrawing gland packing", with nut, washer and 3 (ill-fitting) spacers

1 3/8" bolt with rod attached

An iron bar with 4 elbows, with a tenon 1 1/8" x 7/16" and 2 bronze knuckle joints, the jointed piece to have holes 3/8" diameter x 1/2" at 12" centres; perhaps part of a sheet-metal bender

An iron bar with 4 elbows

Iron wheel running on a pin on the end of an iron arm, c. 1820. Perhaps from a mule

Iron wheel running on a pin on the end of an iron arm

Countershaft with iron pulley and wooden drum and pair of bearings and ceiling hangers, c. 1860

Countershaft with iron pulley and wooden drum and pair of bearings and ceiling hangers

1860
Iron column with 2 perforated lugs at the top; may not be "machinery" at all

Iron column with 2 perforated lugs at the top

3 draw-in shaft bushes (for rolling bearings etc) complete with nuts and washers to fit 3" maximum diameter bore and 2 1/2" diameter shaft; 2 metal reed valves (air compressor ?) 3 1/2" diameter; 2 gib-headed keys, 3/4"x 9/16" and 5/8"x 7/16"; pair of cast iron plummer block shells for 2" shaft and one for 1 1/4" shaft

3 draw-in shaft bushes (for rolling bearings etc)

Lever with fork end for clutch or shifting gear

Lever with Fork End for Clutch or Shifting Gear

Curved cover of wooden battens 32" long between iron strips bent to about 7" radius & another wooden cover of similar length, all perhaps from a carding engine, distressed; an elm roller about 13 1/2" long and 2 3/4" diameter with iron pivots, perhaps from a small loom; and another wooden batten. All found with 1934-655 but do not belong

Curved cover of wooden battens

Steel rod 30" x 5/8" diameter with cast fitting clamped by a thumb screw, almost certainly the stop of a power hacksaw; and another length of 5/8" diameter rod with end bent back & 2 collars and spring: perhaps a stop, knock-off or striking rod from a machine tool

Steel rod 30" x 5/8" diameter with cast fitting clamped by a thumb screw

Bronze Manifold with pressure gauge (0-60 p.s.i.) and 5 cocks (3 with spanners); probably for compressed air

Bronze Manifold with pressure gauge (0-60 p.s.i.)

Two heavy wooden (lignum vitae ?) rollers on iron shafts (one with a squared end), probably from a calendar or mangle. Found with 1934-655

Two heavy wooden (lignum vitae ?) rollers on iron

Shaft with fast & loose pulleys, dog coupling and 2 bearings

Shaft with fast & loose pulleys

Incomplete apparatus, comprising of iron bed with 2 sliding punches, screw with handwheel and stop

Iron bed with 2 sliding punches

2 wire tension-springs, found with 1920-810 but do not belong

2 wire tension-springs

Cast iron uptake (?) pipe with square flanges, cast iron elbow with one square flange and rodding point and two covers that fit the rodding point, a larger cover for the rodding point on a stove uptake, and a rectangular cast-iron cover probably from the oil-box of a machine bearing

Cast iron uptake (?) pipe with square flanges

12 half-bearings to fit shaft 2 1/8" diameter; 4 are plain bottom bearings; 5 are top bearings with oil holes; 3 should have linings

12 half-bearings to fit shaft 2 1/8" diameter

2 idle spur wheels, cast teeth 3/8" pitch, on studs on a slotted bar; worm wheel and spur pinion, cast teeth both about 3/8" pitch, on a pipe; broken ratchet wheel 10 1/4" diameter with tapered square eye about 1" a.f.; these probably all from early textile machines. Also a 20 tooth lathe change wheel, 10 d.p., eye 1 1/8" diameter

2 idle spur wheels

An iron bar about 19 " x 1 3/4" x 1/4" with swellings for 2 holes about 2 1/8" diameter at 10" centres drifted, 6 machine keys and a broken light-alloy casting. Found with 1930-369 but almost certainly do not belong

An iron bar about 19 " x 1 3/4" x 1/4" with swellings for 2 holes about 2 1/8" diameter at 10" centres drifted

18 circular slot-weights; 2 weighted hangers & broken hook from a third, another hanger (may be from another set); all found with 1925-687 but thought not to belong

18 circular slot-weights; 2 weighted hangers & broken hook from a third

Steel shaft 56" long, 1 1/2" diameter, with 2 journals reduced to 1 1/4" at about 37" centres; one journal is at an end and the other is fitted in a self-aligning plummer block marked COOPER (?) PATENT. 2 shafts, lengths 5" and 16 3/4", each with a socket end about 1 1/4" bore and the other end 3/4" diameter formed into 4 splines (possibly motor-car parts); 3 1 1/4" Whitworth nuts; one square and one round washer; an iron piece like a gate pintle; a shackle without a pin, and a spindle 13 1/4" long with male centre one end and female centre at the other. Found with 1931-195 but do not belong

Steel shaft 56" long with metal components

Pair of wall-mounting shaft bearings to suit 1 1/2" shaft, and striking rod. The shaft must be about 31" between bearing centres, c. 1840

Pair of wall-mounting shaft bearings to suit 1 1/2" shaft

1840
Pair of fast & loose wheels, the fastwheel with a handle, 9 7/8" dia, 1 3/8" face to fit 3/4" shaft

Pair of fast & loose wheels

3 1/2 wooden mortice teeth from millwork; one from a bevel wheel, the others probably from spur wheels

3 1/2 wooden mortice teeth from millwork; one from a bevel wheel

Two fittings from the brush gear of a large generator or motor to fit on 1" diameter stud; damaged

Fittings from the brush gear of a large generator

2 hard rubber blocks about 8 5/8"x 4"x 3 5/8"; an iron "washer" 6 7/8" o.d. and 2 3/16" i.d. with rubber rings moulded on

2 hard rubber blocks

2 brazed-up pipe elbows (breathers ?) with flange to fit curved surface and flared end; 2" iron pipe elbow with flange and screwed coupling; cylindrical cast-iron vessel with 1/2" elbow connection and 1/2" side branch, perhaps an oil separator from an engine or compressor

2 brazed-up pipe elbows (breathers ?) with flange

A pair of bronze drain or indicator cocks (probably for a steam engine) with pipework that sets them at 13 1/2" centres; tapered thread about 5/8" by about 24 t.p.i.; and a bronze lubricating cup and elbow, tapered thread about 1" by about 14 t.p.i.

A pair of bronze drain or indicator cocks