Tatham, 1866 - 1966 : a centenary history : William Tatham Ltd., Belfield Works, Rochdale, Lancashire : 1966
A brochure celebrating the centenary in 1966 of the Rochdale engineering company of William Tatham Ltd. and with an aerial view of the works in Kenworthy St., off Milnrow Road in Rochdale and with the main Calder Valley railway line behind. Indeed you can make out the soon to be abandoned Bacup branch curving off to the north and a three car British Railways DMU on the 'main line'.
Tatham's original works had been at the Sandford Works, later known as the Vulcan Iron Foundry, closer to the centre of the town. The second works, seen here and destined to become the company's main site, was opened in 1908 and the Vulcan Works was effectively closed in 1929/30. It was sold to the neighbouring Besco Company in post-WW2 years. Tatham's were noted manufacturers of textile and fibre processing machinery - an important local trade and allied to the local cotton industry - although Tatham's exported much and moved into manchinery for a wide range of natural and manmade textiles over time.
The company's foundry also made a side line that can still be seen on Rochdale's streets in that many drain and inspection covers on the town's streets were cast by them. The company survived until it went into adminstration in 2007 and closed. The works have been demolished and replaced by housing. The open land to the north of the railway, Newbold Brow, and that surprisingly survived as open land for decades, has now also been built on.
Tatham, 1866 - 1966 : a centenary history : William Tatham Ltd., Belfield Works, Rochdale, Lancashire : 1966
A brochure celebrating the centenary in 1966 of the Rochdale engineering company of William Tatham Ltd. and with an aerial view of the works in Kenworthy St., off Milnrow Road in Rochdale and with the main Calder Valley railway line behind. Indeed you can make out the soon to be abandoned Bacup branch curving off to the north and a three car British Railways DMU on the 'main line'.
Tatham's original works had been at the Sandford Works, later known as the Vulcan Iron Foundry, closer to the centre of the town. The second works, seen here and destined to become the company's main site, was opened in 1908 and the Vulcan Works was effectively closed in 1929/30. It was sold to the neighbouring Besco Company in post-WW2 years. Tatham's were noted manufacturers of textile and fibre processing machinery - an important local trade and allied to the local cotton industry - although Tatham's exported much and moved into manchinery for a wide range of natural and manmade textiles over time.
The company's foundry also made a side line that can still be seen on Rochdale's streets in that many drain and inspection covers on the town's streets were cast by them. The company survived until it went into adminstration in 2007 and closed. The works have been demolished and replaced by housing. The open land to the north of the railway, Newbold Brow, and that surprisingly survived as open land for decades, has now also been built on.