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Graphite Electrode

2022
engineering apprentice; Derby Carriage & Wagon Works; LMS Research Department; British Rail Research Department; observer (technical assistant); Head of Security; childhood; family; school; apprenticeship; mechanical engineering degree; Derby Technical College, day release training, 1940; LMS Research Department; LMS Research Department during Second World War; Loach; Newberry; Hoskins; Warlow-Davies; Baldwin; origin of jobs; staff relations; stress concentrations; staff structure in Research Department; promotion; effect of nationalisation; working conditions; collaboration between research laboratories of other former railway companies; career progress; hobbies; degree in electrical engineering; promotion, John Littlewood; specialisation in security, from c. 1960; Chief Constable of British Transport Police; Henry Pearce; interlocking doors; Head of Security Section, c.1970; Railway Pension Fund Art Collection; asbestos, reaction to risk; tobacco freight security; tobacco freight; locks on vans; patents; fiddling on the ferry; radiator fire, Birmingham New Street; withdrawl of British Transport finance from Research Department security work; retirement, 1982; interests family; daughters; experiences, visibility tests, Collingham; viaducts; water balance on canal, Ruabon; test locomotives. d.o.b. 1919-07-04, railway work 1935-1982, London; Hastings; Lewisham;

Maskery, Cyril

2000-11-15
Carding engine made by Strutts of Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830:- one hand stripper; one hand grinder; one lap of cotton.

Carding engine, 1800-1830.

1800-1830
Waste collection box, from the carding engine, by Strutts and Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830

Waste collection box from the carding engine

1800-1830
Card Flat, from the carding engine, by Strutts and Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830

Card flat from the carding engine

1800-1830
Hand card for cleaning the card flats, from the carding engine, by Strutts and Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830

Hand card for cleaning the card flats from the carding engine

1800-1830
Cotton feed box, from the carding engine, by Strutts and Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830

Cotton feed box from the carding engine

1800-1830
Ironwork from William Strutt's (1756-1830) Cotton Mills (South Mill) at Belper, Derbyshire, 1811-12, (two columns, one beam, three tie-rods). Strutt set about finding an answer to the problem of timber-floored buildings; his mill was the most technically advanced building of its time, incorporating an iron frame and brick arches to make it 'fire proof'.

Ironwork from Wm. Strutt's cotton mills

1811-1812
Main cylinder cover from the carding engine, by Strutts and Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830

Main cylinder cover from the carding engine

1800-1830
Cotton carding engine, main cylinder cover, hand card for cleaning card flats, waste collection box, card flat, cotton feed box, made by Strutts of Belper, Derbyshire, England, 1800-1830

Carding Engine, Derbyshire, 1800-30

1800-1830