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This web publication contains <strong>115,859 pages</strong> of information and <strong>167,432 images</strong> on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.</p> </div> <div style="padding:5px"></div> <div id="contentWrapper"> <div class="content"> <img class="borderTL" src="/web/20160417140607im_/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/skins/GracesGuide/images/corner-tl.gif" alt=""/> <img class="borderTR" src="/web/20160417140607im_/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/skins/GracesGuide/images/corner-tr.gif" alt=""/> <div id="innerSpacer"> <a name="top" id="top"></a> <h2>Deptford Iron Co</h2> <h3 id="siteSub">From GracesGuide</h3> <div id="contentSub"></div> <div id="jump-to-nav">Jump to: <a href="#column-one">navigation</a>, <a href="#searchInput">search</a></div>  <div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><p><b>Deptford Iron Company</b>, also Deptford Ironworks </p><p>1841 Built a railway locomotive for the <a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/North_Eastern_Railway" title="North Eastern Railway">North Eastern Railway</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> This locomotive was probably the one originally supplied to the <a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Hartlepool_Dock_and_Railway_Co" title="Hartlepool Dock and Railway Co">Hartlepool Dock and Railway Co</a> in July of 1841, and this 0-4-0 would become the <a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/York,_Newcastle_and_Berwick_Railway" title="York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway">York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway</a> No.130 when that company took over the Hartlepool company and its number would remain No.130 when the <a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/North_Eastern_Railway" title="North Eastern Railway">North Eastern Railway</a> was formed in 1853. </p><p>1843 'On Thursday, last week, one-half of the largest cast iron beam in the coal trade, for a pumping engine, 250 horse power, was cast at Deptford Iron Works. It weighed nearly twenty tons. The melting process was executed in two large cupolas, in about three hours, and at the time of tapping they contained from twenty-five to twenty-six tons.' <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> </p><p>1860 Advertisement: 'THE DEPTFORD IRONWORKS FOR SALE. <br/>TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Order of the Mortgagees, under an absolute Power of Sale, on Tuesday, 3rd July, 1860, at Mr. Bewick's, Crown and Sceptre Inn, High Street, Bishopwearmouth, Seven o'Clock in the Evening precisely, Mr. D. BROWELL, Auctioneer, <br/>ALL that FREEHOLD FORGE, situate on the West Side of Wellington Lane, in the Parish of Bishopwearmouth, in the County of Durham, called the DEPTFORD IRONWORKS, As lately carried on Mr. John Wright, comprising Two powerful FORGE HAMMERS, and One Pair of IRON CLIPPING SHEARS, with all the necessary and improved Machinery and Gear, worked by HIGH-PRESSURE ENGINES of 40 and 25-Horse Power respectively; TWO FORGE FURNACES, CRANES, &c. There is also a powerful FAN BLAST, Two superior DRILLING MACHINES, large TURNING LATHE and GRINDSTONES, worked by a HIGH-PRESSURE ENGINE of 12-Horse Power; also, a large ANCHOR and KNEE SHOP, containing Eight Hearths, and requisite Cranes, Blocks, Stocks, and Clams ; also, a large CHAIN SHOP, containing Five Hearths, and Iron Cranes, &c. There is a PATENT HYDRAULIC CHAIN CABLE TESTING MACHINE, capable of a Pressure of 100 Tons ; also, large and convenient Iron Warehouses, Stores, Sheds, and a Three-Stalled Stable with Hay Loft above.<br/>These Premises are replete with large Iron Water Tanks, Wells, and every other Requirement for carrying on a most extensive Business. <br/>The Machinery has been working up to a recent Period, and the Testing Machine, Drilling Machines, Boilers, &c are nearly new, and altogether the Works have ever been considered the best on the River Wear, and present such an opening for a Man of Business as seldom occurs. For further Particulars, apply to Mr. THOMAS THOMPSON, Solicitor, 53, Villiers Street, Sunderland.'<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> </p><p><br/> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_Also">See Also</span></h2> <div id="whatlinksherelist">Loading...</div><script type="text/javascript">ajaxpage('/extensions/dynamic-what-links-here/show-list.php?title=Deptford_Iron_Co','whatlinksherelist')</script> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Sources_of_Information">Sources of Information</span></h2> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. <a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Special:BookSources/0905100816" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-905100-816</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Newcastle Courant, 14 July 1843</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Newcastle Journal, 30 June 1860</span> </li> </ol>    </div><div class="printfooter"> Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Deptford_Iron_Co&oldid=826819">http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Deptford_Iron_Co&oldid=826819</a>"</div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Category:Town_-_Sunderland" title="Category:Town - Sunderland">Town - Sunderland</a></li><li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Category:Steam_Locomotives" title="Category:Steam Locomotives">Steam Locomotives</a></li><li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Category:Iron_Founders" title="Category:Iron Founders">Iron Founders</a></li></ul></div></div>  </div> <div id="spacer"></div> <div class="roundedCornerSpacer"> </div> </div> <div class="bottomCorners"> <img class="borderBL" src="/web/20160417140607im_/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/skins/GracesGuide/images/corner-bl.gif" alt=""/> <img class="borderBR" src="/web/20160417140607im_/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/skins/GracesGuide/images/corner-br.gif" alt=""/> </div> </div> <div id="left"> <div class="box" id="p-navigation"> <h2>Navigation</h2> <hr class="underline"/> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Main_Page">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Grace%27s_Guide">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160417140607/http://blog.gracesguide.co.uk/">Latest News</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Things_to_See_and_Do">Things to See</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Wanted">Wanted</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/What%27s_On">What's On</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Contact_Us">Contact us</a></li> </ul> <h2>View By</h2> <hr class="underline"/> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/View_by_Archives">Archives</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/View_by_Biographies">Biographies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/View_by_Industry">Industries</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/View_by_Towns">Locations</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/View_by_Timelines">Timelines</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <ul id="f-list"> <li id="lastmod"> This page was last modified on 15 March 2016, at 02:36.</li> <li id="privacy"><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/GracesGuide:Privacy_policy" title="GracesGuide:Privacy policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="disclaimer"><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/GracesGuide:General_disclaimer" title="GracesGuide:General disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="about"><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/About_Grace's_Guide" title="GracesGuide:About">About Grace’s Guide</a></li> <li id="contactus"><a href="/web/20160417140607/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Contact_Us" title="GracesGuide:Contact us">Contact Grace’s Guide</a></li> </ul> <p> Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright © 2016 by Grace's Guide Ltd. 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