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Graphite Electrode

2022

Carding engine, 1800-1830

Carding engine, 1800-1830

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

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

Two cast iron windows from Wm. Strutt's cotton mills (south mill) at Belper, 1811-12.

Two cast iron windows from Wm. Strutt's cotton mills (south mill) at Belper

1811-1812

From the Old Mill (c.1793): Complete double ventilating slide.

Complete double ventilating slide

1793

Part section of 1832 Dye House ironwork from Strutt complex at Milford, with earliest bolted column/beam building connections found (1977) - 5 beams, 7 columns, 3 column ties, 1 roof tie, one main rafter (timber), section of purlin wallplate dovetail box, bolts and wedges, samples of jack arch springing special bricks and floor tiles.

Part section of 1832 Dye House ironwork from Strutt complex at Milford

1832

One factory window from William Strutt's Cruciform building at Berby Mill, Milford, 1793.

Factory window from the Cruciform building

1793

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

Card flat from the carding engine

1800-1830

Section of pot roof (in two cases) from William Strutt's Cruciform building at Berby Mill, Milford, 1793.

section of pot roof

1793

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

Cotton feed box 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

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

Main cylinder cover from the carding engine

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

Self-opening door from Mr. Strutt's office from the 1808 extension of William Strutt's Cruciform building at Berby Mill, Milford, 1793.

Self-opening door from Mr. Strutt's office

1793

Original gas-pipe, socket and spigot from William Strutt's Cruciform building at Derby Mill, Milford, 1793.

Original gas-pipe, socket and spigot from the Cruciform building

1793

Dove Tail Box

1832

Rafter from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Rafter

1832

Roof Tie from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Roof Tie

1832

Purlin Wall Plates, Long and Short Metal Rods, from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Purlin Wall Plates, Long and Short Metal Rods

1832

From the Old Mill (c.1793): Centrifugal fan for ventilating lavatories.

Centrifugal fan for ventilating lavatories

1793

Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832

Tie from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Tie

1832

Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832

Purlin Wall Plate from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Purlin Wall Plate

1832

Long Metal Rod from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Long Metal Rod

1832

Original spigot.

Original spigot

1793

Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832

One large cobble stone, reinforced by iron in grooves from the yard outside William Strutt's Cruciform building at Berby Mill, Milford, 1793.

one large cobble stone, reinforced by iron in grooves from outside the Cruciform building

1793

Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832

Tie from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Tie

1832

Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832

Original gas-pipe.

Original gas-pipe

1793

Beam from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Beam

1832

Original socket.

Original socket

1793

Beam from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Beam

1832

Beam from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Beam

1832

Tie from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Tie

1832

Long Metal Rod from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Long Metal Rod

1832

Short Metal Rod from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Short Metal Rod

1832

Purlin Wall Plate from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Purlin Wall Plate

1832

Short Metal Rod from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Short Metal Rod

1832

Pallet of components from 1832 Dye House ironwork from Strutt complex at Milford. Includes two metal beams. Pallet also contains box of stone bricks and tiles and metal components.

Purlin Wall Plates, Metal Rod, Box of Components

1832

Beam from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Beam

1832

Pallet of components from 1832 Dye House ironwork from Strutt complex at Milford. Includes wooden and metal pieces.

Columns, Ties, Beams, Rafter and Roof Tie

1832

Purlin Wall Plate from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Purlin Wall Plate

1832

Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832

Column from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Column

1832

Beam from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Beam

1832

Long Metal Rod from 1832 Dye House ironwork, from Strutt's complex at Milford.

Long Metal Rod

1832

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