Everything about Black Hawthorn Amp Co totally explained
Black, Hawthorn and Company was a
steam locomotive manufacturer with a works situated in
Gateshead,
Tyne and Wear, UK.
John Coulthard and Son
The
Quarry Field Works was opened in
1835 by John and Ralph Coulthard, known as
John Coulthard and Son which became
R. Coulthard and Company in
1853 when the partnership was dissolved. Their first loco was
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway number 156, a
2-4-0 to the
Jenny Lind pattern. There followed more of the same and several
0-6-0 engines. Although the works numbers went up to 100, probably only twenty were new, since the company carried out a great deal of rebuilding work.
Black, Hawthorn & Co
In
1865 Ralph Coulthard retired and the works was taken over by William Black and Thomas Hawthorn, who concentrated on industrial
tank locomotives, both four and six coupled. The company supplied steam locomotives to collieries and works, particularly in
North East England. They also built a number of
crane engines. Some of the locomotives were very long-lived.
Chapman and Furneaux
By
1896 over a thousand engines had built when the firm was taken over by
Chapman and Furneaux, A further seventy were produced before closing in
1902, with drawings, patterns and goodwill being bought by
R & W Hawthorn and Leslie of
Newcastle.
Preservation
Preserved Black, Hawthorn locomotives include:
- Wellington, 0-4-0ST at Beamish Museum, works no.266, built 1873
- Kettering Furnaces No.3, 0-4-0ST at Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum works no.859, built 1885
- E No.1, 2-4-0VBCT at Beamish Museum, works no.897, built 1887
Notes:
- ST = saddle tank
- VBCT = vertical boiler crane tank
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