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The Foundry Clock Man by Peter Diepenbrock.
Providence, Rhode Island.
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My desire and determination to buy locally-produced souvenirs when travelling (thus avoiding Chinese-made kitsch) first began in 2016 during my 3rd visit to Britain. At the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in East London, I had spent over 110 pounds on a few bells made right on premise. As a foreign visitor, I was entitled to get part of the VAT (sales tax) back as refund, and this was the form provided to me by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
Little would I know that just one year after my visit, Whitechapel Bell Foundry shut down in 2017, after having been in business since 1570. I will treasure the bells that I bought, and still mourn the demise of such a historic business.
Whitechapel Bell Foundry is most well known for having cast, in 1752, the Liberty Bell, which was commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of William Penn's 1701 Charter of Privileges, Pennsylvania's original constitution. Then in 1858, the foundry was commissioned to make perhaps the world's most famous bell, the Big Ben in the British Parliament. "Big Ben" weighs 13½ tons and is the largest bell ever cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
I suspect this was picture of BCHC mobile crane 259 was taken in Birmingham, based on the J.M. barriers and Peter's operating circle but the location is unfamiliar, obviously a foundry.The chassis is an Albion with special cab and the crane is a Hydrocon, thank Heavens for Flickrists that know about these facts, I'm most grateful.
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Army 230, 0-4-0DM, Drewry Car Co.2184 - Vulcan Foundry 5265, Built 1945, brings a single VEA wagon out of Moreton-on-Lugg army depot, 12th August 1986. More history of the loco can be found on Andrew Briddons website, here www.andrewbriddonlocos.co.uk/locos/drewry-vulcan-foundry/...
What an awesome wedding this past Friday with gorgeous Jasmine at the The Foundry in Long Island City. They had a "steampunk inspired" wedding theme..very cool couple
Hugh Griffiths of Llanberis working on the castings boxes at the National slate museum in the 1990's.
Sorry for the poor quality it a very old photo.
A variety of small businesses, including Hough Foundry, trading in Leyland Mill Lane, Wigan, in September 1955. This little cluster of buildings still exist today, now known as Valley Gate.
Scanned from a 6x9cm size negative taken by the late Harry Townley, now the copyright of the Industrial Railway Society (HT-2329)
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W.A. Young Machine Shop and Foundry
Rices Landing, PA
This shop was built in 1900. It was closed in 1969 and left the way it was on its last day of operation with machinery and tools dating as far back as 1870.
The shop is beside the Monongahela River in southwestern Pennsylvania. It specialized in repairing barges, tug boats, and other river vessels and making replacement parts.
Even the tiny metal shavings or filings remain on the tools.
I'm not sure what this is (perhaps part of a lathe?) so I called it "Mystery Machine." If anyone knows what it is, please leave a comment.
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Pictures taken at the former Lister Petter foundry in 1998. The site in Dursley, Gloucestershire, was demolished in the early 2000s and the site is earmarked for housing development.
Just started re-scanning lots of 35mm negatives taken in the 1990s at the old Lister Petter foundry in Dursley, Gloucestershire.
Here is Britain's oldest manufacturing company established in 1570 in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It has been in continuous business since then and famously made the bells for Big Ben and the Liberty Bell in the US. Jack the Ripper would have walked past these premises on his grisly endeavours. The lashing rain when I photographed this just added to the atmosphere of the place. It's free to have a wander around inside and you can book a tour of the foundry.
Note: The foundry closed in May 2017.
The Rose Street Foundry and Engineering Company's head office in Inverness was built in 1893 to the design of architects Ross and Macbeth. Three years later a set of mosaics showing the activities of the company were added to the gables. The building has been empty for some time and the mosaics had deteriorated badly by 2018. Since I took this photo they have been restored and the building is being converted for further use. It is listed Grade B.