Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
NASMYTH STEAM HAMMER Photograph
Region ID | MR | |
Work ID | 60 | |
Manual Reference | MR/BOL15 | |
Type | Other | |
Title | NASMYTH STEAM HAMMER | |
Date of design | 1917 | |
Year of unveiling | 1981 | |
Unveiling details | April 1981 | |
Road | Deane Road | |
Precise Location | Outside Bolton Institute of Higher Education | |
A to Z Ref | p.145 E6 | |
OS Ref | SD710085 | |
Postcode | ||
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
Duty of Care | Bolton MBC | |
Commissioned by | Thomas Walmsley and Sons | |
Notes | ||
Steam Hammer used in the production of wrought iron. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | 1981 | |
Condition | Good | |
At risk | Not at risk | |
Inscriptions | On plaque underneath hammer: NASMYTH & WILSON STEAM HAMMER: 1917/Manufactured in Patricroft for Thomas Walmsley and Sons of Bolton/and used until 1975 to process wrought iron at Atlas Forge,/the last place to produce wrought iron by the indirect/or puddling process./Donated to Bolton by the Directors of Thomas Walmsley/and erected on this site with financial assistance from the Science Museum Grant-in-Aid Scheme and local donations./Accepted by his Worship the Mayor of Bolton,/Councillor James Smith, April 1981. | |
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Steam Hammer | Steel | |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Metallic staining | Some rust on upper part of hammer casing |
Other | Painted white |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
