The team is delighted to announce that we have received an offer of grant from the Association for Industrial Archaeology (AIA). The AIA is a nationwide society that gives grants to assist in the preservation and restoration of the remains of the industrial past. The AIA has supported the study, preservation and presentation of industrial heritage in Britain since 1973. More information can be found at https://industrial-archaeology.org The Challenger tank was a development of the Cromwell tank chassis, so as to take the more powerful 17 Pounder gun. Stothert & Pitt built this tank and designed various modifications. [4] Lengthening the chassis from five roadwheels to six presented no difficulty for such an engineering firm, but designing armoured fighting vehicles was new to them and their efforts were not wholly successful. The new turret for Challenger carried the gun and its higher recoil well enough, but only by being nearly twice the height of other turrets for this chassis – making the tank a much easier target. The A30 (Avenger) tank destroyer was a similar development of a 17pdr gun on the same lengthened chassis, but had an open-topped turret 2feet lower than that of Challenger. During the development of Challenger, the prototype turret was first mounted on the even larger TOG 2. [4] Post-war era [ edit ] Five examples of electric cranes provided in 1951 have been preserved by Bristol Museum Service at Princes Wharf. During the winter some of us play indoor bowls at the Purnells Bowling Club whilst others play short mat bowls at local clubs. You can join any of these groups, new members are always welcome.

Advert. Designers and makers of electric, steam and diesel cranes, concrete mixers, road making and quarry plant. excavators, ship's windlasses, winches and capstans etc. [27] We have free parking and buses from Bath, Bristol and Keynsham stop at the lights about 20 yards from the green. One of the Melbourne Station Pier cranes, was reinstalled as part of the heritage interpretation scheme for the pier. [35]Historic England. "Newark Works (ex Stothert and Pitt)(Grade II) (1395130)". National Heritage List for England.

We are delighted to have reached this point and welcome BAM on board to help us deliver our vision." Stothert and Pitt were the ‘ Crane Makers to the World’. This is the title of a book written by Ken Andrews and Stuart Burroughs in 2004. In 1980, the then Director of the Science Museum, claimed that ‘ the contribution by Stothert & Pitt as a supplier of heavy engineering across the world was Bath’s greatest contribution to world history’. A year after the move, Eric, with the help of his eldest son Simon, began work on his new roller. "I thought, I'll just get myself together and I'll make something," he recalls.We run a Club Night Triples Competition for all members to join in. Quite competitive, but most importantly it is a chance for all members to get to know everyone, for new bowlers to play in a team of 3 and so to get to know some members pretty well, and for some merry banter about the quality of the last shot! "Oh Dear. One down now!!" Ken Andrews and Stuart Burroghs (2003). Stothert & Pitt, Crane Makers to the World. ISBN 0-7524-2794-6. Stothert & Pitt - Cranemakers to the World' by Ken Andrews and Stuart Burroughs, Tempus Publishing, 2003 & 2011, p.77 You will find us at Stoney Lane, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, BA2 9EU. This is located on the outskirts of Bath and Corston; on the Lower Bristol Roadjust to the Bath side of the traffic lights at the Newbridge road junction. Its condition is very poor and it is currently being restored by a group of volunteer experts, led by Peter Dunn and Arthur Feltham, former Stothert and Pitt service engineers. The trustees of the Bath Stone Quarry Museum Trust have expressed a willingness for the restored crane to be erected in Bath.

However, I've made some progress matched against the best photo of the coaler I've found. (photo from GE Sheds Part 2), showing:Mr Claude M. Toplis who was for the past fourteen years chief engineer resigned. Major E. G. Fiegehen was the remaining partner. [21] TCN says when this is completed it will provide a creative campus with a mix of units to suit 40-50 small and medium size companies. Once the decision had been made with regards to whom we would be dealing with, a decision had to be made as to which roller to buy. We were moving from an Auto Roller that had served us well for 41 years. Eric gave us three options - a replacement Auto Roller, a Stothert and Pitt, or his new 'Swillington Supreme' - Eric offered his own opinions based on his vast experience. The topic was then discussed at length with the rest of the team at King Williams College - we made a joint decision that the 'Swillington Supreme' was the roller for us, this based on many factors, first and foremost the Health and Safety compliance of the machine, which is now a fundamental part of the process when identifying any new machine for all groundsman nowadays. We also liked the ease of use, access to all components for ease of maintenance, ease of getting on and off the machine, and also the ease of effective and thorough cleaning, which is a critical, but often overlooked factor - these points are what I like to call the 'usability points', and I always factor these in when looking at any machine. This grant has been matched by the Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society, and the Trust that owns the crane. So we now have the funds to treat the metal components so it lasts another 150 years.

Richard Pearce, CEO of TCN, said: “Newark Works will once again be the entrepreneurial pride of Bath. The four cranes on Prince’s Wharf are the last remaining of a group of eight, erected in 1951 to serve the newly-built L and M sheds.The second (from British Railways Engine Sheds) and third (from Lens of Sutton) photos show the only other reasonable photos I have of the coaler at Colchester and although identical coalers existed at Parkeston, Lynn and Yarmouth Beach I haven't found any clearer photos. In the period from the 1840s to 1900 the Bath company expanded rapidly. Moving from earlier premises on the north side of the river Avon, to the Newark Street Works on the south-side, then, developing the Victoria Works in the 1890s which filled the valley between the river and the Lower Bristol Road. Some early work by Stothert can still be seen on the Kennett & Avon Canal in Bath, where two very elegant iron bridges span the canal with the Stothert name on them. However, it was in the 1840s that the firm began to develop the cranes which eventually were to make them a world name in crane building. c.1855 After Rayno retired the firm became Stothert and Pitt under John Lum Stothert and Robert Pitt In 1837, Henry Stothert, brother of the younger George, set up an ironworks in Bristol, first as Henry Stothert & Co., then, joined by Edward Slaughter, Stothert, Slaughter & Co. Slaughter had earlier formed Slaughter & Co. at his Avonside Ironworks, later and better known as Avonside. This works produced some substantial iron engineering including a swivel bridge over the river Frome, several of the first engines for Brunel's Great Western Railway and the Bristol and Exeter Railway, as well as 14 engines for the Brighton and South Coast Railway.