Haigh Foundry (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Haigh Foundry was leased in 1835 by E.Evans and T.C.Ryley in Haigh, Lancashire. It had initially been established in the Douglas Valley, in Haigh, circa 1790 by Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres and his brother Robert as an ironworks and foundry. The ironworks was not a success but the foundry was, particularly after Robert Daglish became chief engineer in 1804, and the works acquired a reputation for manufacturing winding engines and pumping equipment for the mining industry. Evans and Ryley leased the property for 21 years with the intention of producing of railway locomotives. They were later joined by a Mr Burrows.