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Photocopies and photographs

Reference: D/Ph 436 Catalogue Title: Photocopies and photographs Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Grange Iron Company, Belmont, Durham

Access: No copying of these photographs is permitted without the permission of the donor.

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    • Photographs of the Grange Iron Company (Ref: D/Ph 436/1-11)

Catalogue Description

Records given:

21 January 2009 Acc: 7291

Durham County Record Office
County Hall
DURHAM
DH1 5UL

Photographs of the Grange Iron Company, Gilesgate Moor, Belmont, Durham
The Grange Iron Company works were established in 1867 on the site of the former Grange Colliery, and closed in 1926 when the company was amalgamated with Messrs. Joseph Cook, Sons and Company Limited of Washington.

The company manufactured steam and compressed air locomotives, colliery winding engines and other mining equipment.

For further information see http://www.mininginstitute.org.uk/papers/GrangeIronCo.html

Catalogue Contents

Photographs of the Grange Iron Company (Ref: D/Ph 436/1-11)Ref: D/Ph 436/1

Copy of a photograph of the staff of the Grange Iron Company, taken outside the ironworks, Belmont, n.d. [ c.1870]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., colour printed)

Ref: D/Ph 436/2

Copy of a photograph of the interior of the Grange Iron Company works, Belmont, n.d. [ c.1870]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., colour printed)

Ref: D/Ph 436/3

Copy of a photograph of Grange Iron Company employees loading railway track components onto North Eastern Railway trucks, Belmont, n.d. [ c.1900]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., colour printed)

Ref: D/Ph 436/4

Copy of a group photograph of the employees of the Grange Iron Company, taken outside the ironworks, Belmont, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., colour printed)

Ref: D/Ph 436/5

Copy of a photograph of winding gear manufactured for the Indian State Railway, Warora Colliery, contract no. 23/90, by the Grange Iron Company Limited, Durham, n.d. [1890]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., colour printed)

Ref: D/Ph 436/6

Copy of a photograph of a steel plate assembly manufactured for the Indian State Railway, Warora Colliery, contract no. 23/90, by the Grange Iron Company Limited, Durham, n.d. [1890]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., colour printed)

Ref: D/Ph 436/7

Copy of a photograph of a steel girder assembly manufactured for the Indian State Railway, Warora Colliery, contract no. 23/90, by the Grange Iron Company Limited, Durham, n.d. [1890]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., colour printed)

Ref: D/Ph 436/8

Copy of a photograph of a hauling engine manufactured by the Grange Iron Company Limited, n.d. [ c.1870]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., colour printed)

Ref: D/Ph 436/9

Copy of a photograph of air compressing machines manufactured by the Grange Iron Company Limited, n.d. [ c.1870]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., colour)

Ref: D/Ph 436/10

Copy of a photograph of a horizontal duplex condensing pumping engine, manufactured by the Grange Iron Company Limited, Grange Iron Works, Durham, n.d. [ c.1900]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., colour)

Ref: D/Ph 436/11

Copy of a photograph of a horizontal condensing pumping engine, with differential steam valve motion, manufactured by the Grange Iron Company Limited, Grange Iron Works, Durham, n.d. [ c.1900]
(1 paper, 30 cm. x 21 cm., colour printed)



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