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SUMMARY:'The Anatomy of an Iron Works. A detailed exploration of the Park Gate Iron Works between 1847 & 1859' by David Boursnell
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: Matt Buck | Creative Commons \nJoining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register\nJoining us ON-LINE – click this zoom link (Passcode 221294) \nThe Park Gate Iron Works in Rotherham started in 1823 as a tin plate works. In 1833\, a group of Birmingham businessmen took over and renamed it the Birmingham Tin Plate Company. In 1838\, the company recruited new investors to expand the business and built a blast furnace to produce their own iron. \nIn 1844\, Charles Geach and Samuel Beale bought the business\, and the company was renamed Samuel Beale and Co. In order to manage the business from their head office in Birmingham\, they collected detailed monthly information about the production process\, including the amount and cost of the raw materials as well as all the operational costs. The figures were recorded in four small pocket books covering the years 1847 to 1859 and transferred to the head office.\nAt the peak\, the notebooks record the figures from xx coal mines\, xx ironstone mines\, 5 blast furnaces on 4 sites\, puddling furnaces\, three rolling mills and various forges. These figures enable us to draw a detailed picture of the process of making iron at Park Gate. \nRails remained the company’s biggest product\, but the company diversified into ship plates and supplied all the plates for Brunel’s SS Great Eastern\, including the largest plates ever rolled at that time. Based on this experience\, they made rolled armour plates for the Crimean War and were the first company to overcome the technical difficulties of this process. \nAbout the Speaker\nDavid Boursnell is a published author & researcher of Naval Armour – both manufacturers & manufacturing\, and a consultant to Kelham Island Industrial Museum\, Sheffield
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-anatomy-of-an-iron-works-a-detailed-exploration-of-the-park-gate-iron-works-between-1847-1859-by-david-boursnell/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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SUMMARY:'The Dickinson Memorial Lecture' by Bridget Eickhoff
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: Image courtesy of the Julia Elton Collection \nThis event is both an in-person and on-line event. No need to register – just come along or click this zoom link to join on-line. \n The Historical & Current Challenges of Gauging & their Impact on the Operations of Railways & Canals \nBridget Eickhoff will start this presentation with some of the concerns regarding tunnels for the early railway builders and look at some of the magnificent structures that these engineers produced.  \nShe will then consider the challenges that have emerged in more recent times\, from 1970s to the present day\, both in Great Britain and internationally\, and how railway gauging engineers have been continually innovating to rise to these challenges.  \nBridget will also look briefly at the different but related issues with gauging of canals. \nAbout the Speaker\nBridget Eickhoff is Principal Infrastructure Engineer at Rail Safety and Standards Board and Honorary Professor of Railway Interface Engineering at the University of Birmingham (Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education) where she supports the MSc programmes.  \nShe has extensive experience in railway vehicle-track interaction and wheel-rail contact\, including the study of derailment mechanisms\, track forces and deterioration\, gauge clearance methods\, related standards and approval processes.  \nBridget has been involved in the development of GB and international standards in associated areas as well as supporting a number of research and innovation projects. She is also a past Chair of the IMechE Railway Division.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-dickinson-memorial-lecture-the-historical-current-challenges-of-gauging-their-impact-on-the-operations-of-railways-canals-by-bridget-eickhoff/
LOCATION:LONDON  Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - London Branch
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