Waddle Engineering Company Records

This material is held atSwansea University Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 217 LAC/119
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1884-1964
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box and 5 bundles

Scope and Content

Drawings for colliery fans 1884-1964; drawings for fan-driving engines with miscellaneous unspecified engine drawings 1902-1922; drawings for 'blades and plates' and for 'tubes and plates' and for fans 1898-1963; drawings for wood curbs for miscellaneous fans 1909-1963; drawings for cast-iron bed-plates, cast-iron oil ring bearing, cast-iron water cooled gland etc 1937-1956; miscellaneous drawings of shafts, fan at Moorgreen Colliery, Gaco split seals, bearings for 10" engine etc. 1951-1964; book entitled 'Fan centres' giving dimensions of fan centre-pieces c1930.

Administrative / Biographical History

This company, located in Llanelli, made fans for collieries. It was also known as Waddle Patent Fan and Engineering Company Limited.

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