F. H. Lloyd & Company Limited - The Late 1950s
 

Tapping one of the 10 ton arc furnaces. From the Christmas 1958 edition of  'The Steel Casting'.
   
Read about the rebuilding and re-equipping of the Parker Foundry.
   

In 1958 a number of improvements were made at James Bridge which involved several large building projects.
 

View some photographs of the 1958 alterations.
New Buildings and Extensions in 1957:


The structural steelwork for the new Furnace Stores. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


The new Furnace Stores begin to take shape. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


The interior of the nearly completed Furnace Stores. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


The New Furnace Stores after completion. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


The new Locomotive Shed. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


Extensions to the Canteen. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


Preparing the foundations for the new Melting Bay. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


The Melting Bay nears completion. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


The new Pattern Shop under construction. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


The new Pattern Shop nears completion. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


The new Pattern Shop at work. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


The Core Shop with its sand rammers and roller tracks. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


Three horizontal borers working on Ruston Bucyrus side frames in 1957. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


Moving the Machine Shop Office in readiness for a new road, in 1958. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.
Thomas Hale's long service certificate presented on 9th November, 1957.

Courtesy of Wendy Marston.

The Cobalt 60 machine which was in the Gamma Radiography Unit that opened on the James Bridge site in 1958. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


Casting a large component for an excavator in 1958. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.

A large excavator frame on a Skoda horizontal borer in the machine shop in 1958. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


The new Pattern Shop in 1958. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.


Castings for turbine cases outside the Machine Shop Office in 1959. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.

The 22 ft. Froriep vertical boring mill in the Machine Shop at work on a turbine lower pressure cylinder casing in 1959. From 'The Steel Casting', courtesy of Wendy Marston.

 

 

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