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| Name: | Phoenix Iron Foundry (site of), Stuart Road, Derby |
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| HER No.: | 32069 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Designation: | None recorded |
Summary
Foundry, with a travelling crane to the south of the works, in operation by 1898.
| Grid Reference: | SK 354 366 |
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| Parish: | DERBY |
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Monument Type(s):
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Full Description
The Phoenix Foundry is named on a map of Derby dated 1852. Later 19th century maps show it as 'Phoenix Foundry (Iron), with a travelling crane to the south of the works. (1-3)
In 1898, the foundary is listed as pioneering works in constructional ironwork. It provided iron work for station roofs, roads and bridges such as the Battersea Bridge in London and the flooring for the hydraulic tilt breidges for the Liverpool Overhead Railway. A number of lock gates and machinery for the Nile Inrrigation Scheme in Egypt were provided by the Phoenix Foundary. (4)
Sources and Further Reading
| [1] | SDR20012 - Map: Board of Ordnance. 1852. Map of the Borough of Derby … Surveyed … for the local Board of Health A.D.1852. |
| [2] | SDR18789 - Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). Sheet L.9. |
| [3] | SDR18790 - Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1896-1900. OS County Series, 2nd edition (1st revision), scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). Sheet L.9, 1898. |
| [4] | SDR22739 - Bibliographic reference: The Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 1898. Notice of Works, Open to the Visit of the Members. |
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