BURNLEY IRONWORKS SALE 1873

[Stanley]

BURNLEY IRONWORKS SALE
BA 24/05/1873

Trafalgar Engineering Works, Burnley
M & T Watson beg to announce their instructions from William Bracewell esquire, Engineer and Millwright, Burnley who has decided to dispose of that part of his extensive engineering works situated in Trafalgar Street, Burnley which premises were thoroughly fitted up but a few years ago regardless of expense as an engineering and millwrights works but have not recently been worked. To sell by auction in the later part of June the whole of the valuable engineers and millwrights plant, tools and machinery comprising generally planning, boring, drilling, slotting, screwing, copper hole cutting, shaping and other machinery nearly the whole of which is quite new and by most eminent makers. Also several steam engines and a good many other effects.
Catalogues are available on request from Mr. Bracewells Burnley Ironworks situated in King Street and at the offices of the auctioneers. The tools etc. will be on view at the Trafalgar Street Works and a McNaughted beam engine at Butts Mill, Barnoldswick to holders of catalogues only between the hours of 9am and 6pm on Monday and Tuesday 23 and 24th June 1873.

BA 1/07/1873

Sale of valuable engineering iron foundry and millwrights premises in Burnley, to be sold at the Cross Keys Inn, Burnley on 30th July 1873:
Lot 1: All those extensive engineering and iron foundry premises situated in Trafalgar Street, called the Trafalgar Street Engineering Works consisting of a turning and planing room 144ft by 45ft, turning and fitting room 144ft by 45ft, millwrights turning room 114ft 6ins by 42ft 6ins, the foundry 110ft by 55ft 6ins, smithy 42ft 6ins by 49ft 6ins, grinding and glazing room 42ft 6ins by29ft 6ins, dressing off room 81ft by 42ft 6ins, pattern room 165ft by 26ft, pattern room 142ft by 29ft, engine house, boiler house, stone built chimney 40 yards high, stone blast chimney for cupolas, chimney for smiths hearths, stores, office, yards etc., 1x 4ton cart weighing machine, and 1 x 10ton wagon weighing machine. Premises are quite modern very substantially built and in excellent state of repair, being not more than 60 yards from Manchester Road railway station and when the premises were used by Messrs. Bracewell and Griffiths they had a railway siding there for their own use. Also situate within 100 yards of the Leeds and Liverpool canal from which they are supplied with water.
Lot 2: All that capital steam engine now fixed in the engine house.
Lot 3: All that capital two flued boiler 20ft x 7ft of 25 hp now fixed in the boiler house, with shafting, gas, steam and water pipes and two large wrought iron cisterns.
Lot 4: ? for some reason I didn't record this?
Lot 5: All that plot of building land situated on the south side of Trafalgar Street and the west side of Sackville Street, Burnley containing 534 square yards.
Further particulars and to view plans from William Bracewell, Burnley Ironworks, King Street, Burnley or the auctioneers at 53 Manchester Road, Burnley.

(GEOFF SHACKLETON. 19 January 2004)