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Ornamental casting, Midland Railway

Casting of tacks

Blue glass scarab

2000 BCE-200 CE

Casting from Pollard Street archaeological excavations of Peel, Williams & Peel Co.'s Foundry

1839-1887

Casting from Pollard Street Archaeological Excavations of Peel, Williams & Peel Co.'s Foundry

1839-1887
Large cast iron cam, 1839-1887. Probably acted as a cam for raising then dropping an arm, possibly as part of a tilt or drop hammer. From 2009 archaeological excavations of the former Peel, Williams & Peel Co. Soho Foundry on Pollard Street, Ancoats, Manchester, which were carried out in advance of an extension of the Manchester Metrolink network.

Large cast iron cam from Pollard Street archaeological excavations of Peel, Williams & Peel Co. Soho foundry

1839-1887
Ornamental casting, LNWR. Bronze badger from Badger Bridge, Brock near Preston (1/2, hollow casting)

Ornamental casting, London & North Western Railway

Two steel castings comprising the head and knuckle castings of automatic coupler used on railway stock

Two steel castings

Two trial castings of aluminium alloy staircase treads

Two Trial Castings of Aluminium Alloy Staircase Treads

Shell moulding, core and finished casting of a heat exchanger

Core and finished casting of a heat exchanger