The population of the previous city and hunslet council ward at the 2011 census was 33,705. Hunslet engine company offices is a grade ii listed building in city and hunslet, leeds, england. Crown colony old trains steam locomotive sierra leone train station wales september classic vehicles. This category has the following 49 subcategories, out of 49 total. Amongst modelers, it is probably most famous for its small industrial tank engines, and especially so for those that worked the welsh slate quarries.
Our team of experienced engineers, designers and professional business specialists can provide a wide. Many of them can be seen working at heritage railways in the uk. Starting with a survey of leeds as an early major railway manufacturing center and looking at murrays middleton locomotives, it then covers in detail the industrial, narrow and standard gauge locomotives with which hunslet and leeds subsequently became synonymous. Hunslet engine company offices, city and hunslet, leeds. The hunslet engine company of the hunslet engine works, jack lane, hunslet, leeds is a locomotivebuilder 1864 company founded by. One hundred years of locomotive building by the hunslet engine company.
Furniss family history from 1790s in hunslet, leeds, yorkshire, england hunslet, leeds, yorkshire, england this story begins with william john furniss who was born in 1796. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. The hunslet engine company was founded in leeds in 1864 by john towlerton leather who was a civil engineering contractor. The yorkshire engine company also built 8 locomotives in 1954 for use in ironstone quarries and at scunthorpe steelworks.
Founded in 1864, hunslet engine company is renowned throughout the world as a designer and manufacturer of the highest quality shunting, industrial, tunneling and specialized locomotives. Hunslet engine company preserved british steam locomotives. Its origins go back to 1864 when mr j t leather, a railway contractor and civil engineer, built up. Hunslet engine company leeds ls10 1dr west yorkshire. The hunslet engine company was founded in 1864 in england and exists today in leeds. The hunslet engine company was founded in 1864 at jack lane, hunslet by john towlerton leather. Written by a former hunslet employee with 40 years experience at the firm, this book is a fascinating history of the the firm. The company manufactured steampowered shunting locomotives for over 100 years, manufactures dieselengined shunting locomotives. Dorothea is a quarry hunslet built by the hunslet engine company as no.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Over a century and a half of locomotive building 1st by townsley, d. She was built by the hunslet engine company ltd of leeds in 1882, with a works number of 283. Chairman and managing director of the hunslet group of companies, leeds, had been elected president of the institution of locomotive engineers for the session 196263. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. William furniss married sarah farrar, 9 october 1816 at the church of st peter, leeds, york. The hunslet engine company austerity 060st is a steam locomotive. The name of hunslet lives on to this day having been bought by lh group of burton on trent. The new company overhauls and builds locos, including some new steam engines to the hunslet quarry engine design. These sturdy little locos were ideal for the roughly laid, temporary lines in the quarries and the class. Locomotive building continued in a smaller way at other factories in the group. Ex hunslet man don townsley in his definitive book on the firm compares the. Charles has always been one of the mainline engines of the penhryn quarries ltd.
List of preserved hunslet narrowgauge locomotives wikipedia. In 2004 jenbacher sold the hunslet engine company to the lh group. Starting with a survey of leeds as an early major railway manufacturing center and looking at murrays middleton locomotives, it then covers in detail the industrial, narrow and standard gauge locomotives with which hunslet and leeds subsequently. Hunslet statfold barn railwaystatfold barn railway. This page is a list of preserved narrowgauge steam locomotives built by the hunslet engine company.
As of 2012 the company is part of the lh group, a subsidiary the hunslet steam company maintains and manufactures build steam locomotives the hunslet engine company was founded in 1864 at jack lane, hunslet, leeds, west yorkshire, england by john towlerton leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed james campbell son of alexander. Hunslet engine company and its associated companies have produced over 19,000 steam, diesel and electric locomotives for destinations around the world and the company has always been at the forefront of technical development, a position it is proud to maintain now and into the future. The hunslet engine company was founded in 1864 at jack lane, hunslet, leeds, west yorkshire, england by john towlerton leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed james campbell son of alexander campbell, a leeds engineer as his works manager the first engine built in 1865 was linden, a standard gauge 060 st delivered to brassey and ballard, a railway civil engineering. Hunslet austerity 3850 juno isle of wight steam railway. The works was established on a plot of the former e. The hunslet engine company limited filing history free. The company manufactured steampowered shunting locomotives for over 100 years, and currently manufactures dieselengined shunting locomotives. Declared redundant in 1968, juno was purchased in 1969 by the ivatt trust and moved to the buckinghamshire railway centre at quainton road.
The population of the city and hunslet ward at the 2011 census was 33,705. As of 2012 the company is part of the lh group, a subsidiary the. The hunslet engine company limited free company information from companies house including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity. Hunslets south african subsidiary, hunslettaylor, who built these locomotives using boilers manufactured by their mother company. Hunslet 50550 class project gutenberg selfpublishing.
Hunslets designed these light weight locmotives for work. Between 1865 and 1870, production had averaged less than ten engines per year. Evening all, im looking for a works list but i cant find one online and don townsleys excellent book on the company lists some locomotives but doesnt have a complete list. The company manufactured steampowered shunting locomotives for over 100.
Wabtec corporation 30 isabella street pittsburgh, pa 15212 usa phone. By this time manning wardle were already well established next door to the former wilson works and had effectively taken over from the old firm. Hunslet is an innercity area in south leeds, west yorkshire, england. The dinorwic alice class is a class of eleven narrow gauge steam locomotives built specifically for the dinorwic slate quarry. At around the same time as graham was building his garden railway the engineering company he then owned, the lh group, acquired the hunslet engine company. Its mentioned as hunslet in the 1086 domesday book. In 2007 to celebrate the leeds heritage of the current hunslet engine company their second newly built quarry engine was named jack lane. As many railway enthusiasts will know, in 1971 hunslet completed the last. The hunslet engine company of the hunslet engine works, jack lane, hunslet, leeds is a locomotivebuilder. Hunslet engine company steam locomotives wikimedia. Some railway historians and researchers think some parts for this design were sold to them by hunslet as part of a subcontract settlement for yorkshire engine co built gwr 9400 class 060pts ordered from hunslet. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Hunslet is an area of innercity south leeds, west yorkshire, england. Winifred was built in 1885 by the hunslet engine company for the penrhyn slate quarry. The hunslet engine company was founded in 1864 in hunslet, leeds, england. This book tells the stories of all 44 locomotives supplied to new zealand by two manufacturers based in leeds, england the hunslet engine company 10. In 1859 john manning became a partner of charles wetherall wardle and established the boyne engine works. Hunslet engine company, a designer and manufacturer of the high quality shunting, industrial, tunnelling and specialised locomotives. I want to get a works plate made up for my 15 hunslet so i would.
Francis house, 1 george mann way hunslet leeds west yorkshire ls10 1dr. The hunslet engine company is a british locomotive building company founded in 1864 at jack lane, hunslet, leeds, west yorkshire, england by john towlerton leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed james campbell son of alexander. Hunslet engine company struggled on into the 90s and i believe at the time of writing braims, in some capacity and lax and shaw still continues many of them had cricket teams and either played on the iconic miggy clearings or had their own bespoke sports grounds swept away as takeovers found sports grounds not conducive to a balance. The hunslet engine company was founded in 1864 at jack lane, hunslet by. Built by the hunslet engine company of leeds in 1958 for stewarts and lloyds, rutland, juno was put to work in the companys ironstone quarries railway system. Welocme to the quary hunslets web site, the aim is to capture all these wounderful narrow gauge locomotives that were produced for the quarries of north wales. She spent most of her working life at port penrhyn where she sorted wagons of slate ready for loading onto ships for transport all over the world. The jack lane, hunslet, leeds works closed in 1995, the last order being for narrow gauge diesel locomotives used in the tunnelling on the jubilee line extension of the london underground. All these engines were produced by the hunslet engine company of leeds between 1870 and 1932. Hunslets designed these light weight locmotives for work in harsh enviroments in the quarries running most of the year, year. Als3103a1 avonside engine co, bristol, order book c 18641935. The hunslet engine company was founded in 1864 in hunslet, england. Educated at oundle and clare college, cambridge, where he took an honours degree in the mechanical sciences tripos, he joined the hunslet engine company, limited in 1927. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles.
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