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'''Hathorn Davey''' was a Leeds-based manufacturer of steam engines. The Sun foundry was established in 1846 and made railway engines and pumping machinery until 1870. The premises were taken over in 1872 by Hugh Campbel, Alfred Davis and John Hathorn. They were joined by Henry Davey in 1873 and traded as Hathorn, Davey & Co from 1880. They made marine engines and pumps as well as their pumping engines for mines and waterworks. The firm was taken over by [[Sulzer]]s in 1936. The premises closed in the late 1970s when Sulzers moved to a new site.
[[File:Hathorn Davey 1894 Pumping Engine-geograph-3090561-by-Ashley-Dace.jpg|thumb|pump]]

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'''Hathorn Davey''' was a British manufacturer of steam engines, based in [[Leeds]]. The Sun foundry was established in 1846 and made railway engines and pumping machinery until 1870. The premises were taken over in 1872 by Hugh Campbel, Alfred Davis and John Hathorn. They were joined by Henry Davey in 1873 and traded as Hathorn, Davey & Co from 1880. The partnership was converted to a limited company in 1901.<ref>Sheffield Daily Telegraph 4 Nov 1901</ref> They made marine engines and pumps as well as their pumping engines for mines and waterworks. The pumping engine built for the Mersey tunnel in 1881 was described at the time as the most powerful in existence.<ref>Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 1 Nov 1881</ref> The firm was taken over by [[Sulzer (manufacturer)|Sulzer]] in 1936. The premises closed in late 1981 when Sulzer moved to a new site.


==The horizontal compound differential pumping engine==
==The horizontal compound differential pumping engine==
[[File:HAdrawing.jpg|thumb|]]
[[File:HAdrawing.jpg|thumb|]]
This was one of their more successful engines. Patented in 1871, a company brochure lists 46 examples of these large engines built up to 1906. The leaflet also gives 32 examples where a smaller version of this engine was installed underground. The differential was a small engine resembling a boiler feed pump which was used to control the speed of the larger engine.<ref >Woodall, F.D., Steam Engines and Waterwheels, Frazer Stewart, 1991 ISBN 0-903485-35-4 P. 84</ref><ref >Watkins, G The Steam Engine in Industry, Cromwell Press 1994 ISBN 0-86190-544-X P. 59</ref>The largest concentration of this design was at the Tasmania Gold Mining Co's [[Beaconsfield]] mine where three engines were assembled. Each had cylinders of {{convert|50|in|mm|sing=on}} and {{convert|108|in|mm|sing=on}} diameter and raised 100,000 gallons of water per hour from {{convert|2000|ft|m|abbr=on}} Each engine drove two pumprods, each weighing 170 tons and driving 6 pumps. Beaconsfield mine closed in 1914 when the pumps were overwhelmed and re-opened in 1999. At least 7 of these engines were used in the Furness iron mines, 3 at Yarlside and the remainder at [[Harrison Ainslie]]'s pits.<ref >McFazdean, Alen The Iron Moor, Red Earth Publications, 1989 ISBN 0-9512946-1-X</ref> There is a surviving example at [[Cambridge Museum of Technology]].
This was one of their more successful engines. Patented in 1871, a company brochure lists 46 examples of these large engines built up to 1906. The leaflet also gives 32 examples where a smaller version of this engine was installed underground. The differential was a small engine resembling a boiler feed pump which was used to control the speed of the larger engine.<ref>Woodall, F.D., Steam Engines and Waterwheels, Frazer Stewart, 1991 {{ISBN|0-903485-35-4}} P. 84</ref><ref>Watkins, G The Steam Engine in Industry, Cromwell Press 1994 {{ISBN|0-86190-544-X}} p. 59</ref>
Davey pumps were also installed in Japan, for example at [[Miike coal mine|Manda coal mine]] in 1876.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6xqRDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA176|title=Energy Transitions in Japan and China: Mine Closures, Rail Developments, and Energy Narratives|last=Lim|first=Tai Wei|date=2016-11-23|page=176|publisher=Springer|isbn=9789811016813|language=en}}</ref> The nearby ''Onga River Pumping Station'' of [[Yawata Steel Works]] also received a steam pump from Davey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nakamap.jp/sekaiisan/index_en_sp.html|title=World Heritage in Nakama City|website=www.nakamap.jp|access-date=2017-04-29}}</ref>
The largest concentration of this design was at the Tasmania Gold Mining Co's [[Beaconsfield]] mine where three engines were assembled. Each had cylinders of {{convert|50|in|mm|adj=on}} and {{convert|108|in|mm|adj=on}} diameter and raised 100,000 gallons of water per hour from {{convert|2000|ft|m|abbr=on}} Each engine drove two pumprods, each weighing 170 tons and driving 6 pumps. Beaconsfield mine closed in 1914 when the pumps were overwhelmed and re-opened in 1999. At least 7 of these engines were used in the Furness iron mines, 3 at Yarlside and the remainder at [[Harrison Ainslie]]'s pits.<ref>McFazdean, Alen The Iron Moor, Red Earth Publications, 1989 {{ISBN|0-9512946-1-X}}</ref> There is a surviving example at [[Cambridge Museum of Technology]].


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
[[File:Yarlside 003.jpg|thumb|Concrete beds for horizontal compound differential engines at Yarlside No 10 and 11. One of these engines was removed to Violet pit, [[Roanhead]]]]
[[File:Yarlside 003.jpg|thumb|Concrete beds for horizontal compound differential engines at Yarlside No 10 and 11. One of these engines was removed to Violet pit, [[Roanhead]]]]
*[http://www.kbsm.org/exhibits/triple] Kew Bridge steam museum
* [http://www.waterandsteam.org.uk/our-engines/triple-expansion-engine London Museum of Water and Steam]
*[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Hathorn,_Davey_and_Co] Grace's Guide
* [http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Hathorn,_Davey_and_Co Grace's Guide]
*[http://www.hunslet.org/Industry_%283%29.html] Hunslet remembered.
* [http://www.hunslet.org/Industry_%283%29.html Hunslet remembered.]
*[http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/1348476/steam-pumping-engine-hathorn-davey-co-no-5-pumping-engine-mmbw-spotswood-sewerage-pumping-station-1902] Melborne museum
* [https://archive.today/20130115002708/http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/1348476/steam-pumping-engine-hathorn-davey-co-no-5-pumping-engine-mmbw-spotswood-sewerage-pumping-station-1902 Melbourne museum]
*[http://www.culture24.org.uk/se000225] Cambridge museum of technology
* [http://www.museumoftechnology.com/ Cambridge Museum of Technology]
*[http://lindal-in-furness.co.uk/Heritage/heritage2.htm] Visit of Institute of Mining Engineers to Lowfield and Bercune
* [http://lindal-in-furness.co.uk/Heritage/heritage2.htm Visit of Institute of Mining Engineers to Lowfield and Bercune]
*[http://www.dmm-gallery.org.uk/transime/u17d-01.htm] Detailed account of Stank and Yarlside pumps in 1899 by Jas Davison for the IME.
* [http://www.dmm.org.uk/transime/u17d-01.htm Detailed account of Stank and Yarlside pumps in 1899 by Jas Davison for the IME.]
*[http://www.englishheritagearchives.org.uk/SingleResult/Default.aspx?id=205453&t=Quick&cr=Roanhead&io=False&l=all] Inside of Violet pit engine house showing the differential engine.
* [http://www.englishheritagearchives.org.uk/SingleResult/Default.aspx?id=205453&t=Quick&cr=Roanhead&io=False&l=all Inside of Violet pit engine house showing the differential engine.]
* [http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=1298&DISPLAY=FULL Sun foundry]

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Hathorn Davey was a British manufacturer of steam engines, based in Leeds. The Sun foundry was established in 1846 and made railway engines and pumping machinery until 1870. The premises were taken over in 1872 by Hugh Campbel, Alfred Davis and John Hathorn. They were joined by Henry Davey in 1873 and traded as Hathorn, Davey & Co from 1880. The partnership was converted to a limited company in 1901.[1] They made marine engines and pumps as well as their pumping engines for mines and waterworks. The pumping engine built for the Mersey tunnel in 1881 was described at the time as the most powerful in existence.[2] The firm was taken over by Sulzer in 1936. The premises closed in late 1981 when Sulzer moved to a new site.

The horizontal compound differential pumping engine

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This was one of their more successful engines. Patented in 1871, a company brochure lists 46 examples of these large engines built up to 1906. The leaflet also gives 32 examples where a smaller version of this engine was installed underground. The differential was a small engine resembling a boiler feed pump which was used to control the speed of the larger engine.[3][4]

Davey pumps were also installed in Japan, for example at Manda coal mine in 1876.[5] The nearby Onga River Pumping Station of Yawata Steel Works also received a steam pump from Davey.[6]

The largest concentration of this design was at the Tasmania Gold Mining Co's Beaconsfield mine where three engines were assembled. Each had cylinders of 50-inch (1,300 mm) and 108-inch (2,700 mm) diameter and raised 100,000 gallons of water per hour from 2,000 ft (610 m) Each engine drove two pumprods, each weighing 170 tons and driving 6 pumps. Beaconsfield mine closed in 1914 when the pumps were overwhelmed and re-opened in 1999. At least 7 of these engines were used in the Furness iron mines, 3 at Yarlside and the remainder at Harrison Ainslie's pits.[7] There is a surviving example at Cambridge Museum of Technology.

References

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  1. ^ Sheffield Daily Telegraph 4 Nov 1901
  2. ^ Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 1 Nov 1881
  3. ^ Woodall, F.D., Steam Engines and Waterwheels, Frazer Stewart, 1991 ISBN 0-903485-35-4 P. 84
  4. ^ Watkins, G The Steam Engine in Industry, Cromwell Press 1994 ISBN 0-86190-544-X p. 59
  5. ^ Lim, Tai Wei (23 November 2016). Energy Transitions in Japan and China: Mine Closures, Rail Developments, and Energy Narratives. Springer. p. 176. ISBN 9789811016813.
  6. ^ "World Heritage in Nakama City". www.nakamap.jp. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  7. ^ McFazdean, Alen The Iron Moor, Red Earth Publications, 1989 ISBN 0-9512946-1-X
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Concrete beds for horizontal compound differential engines at Yarlside No 10 and 11. One of these engines was removed to Violet pit, Roanhead
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