MAUDSLAY SONS AND FIELD –
ENGINEERING PIONEERS
Thursday
July 26th 2001 10.30am-4.30pm
Seminar:
Maudslay, Sons & Field and the first Kew Engine
A seminar
exploring the Lambeth based engineering firm Maudslay, Sons and Field. Best
known for their marine engines and the founder, Henry Maudslay's reputation as
the father of modern engineering, the seminar will also examine to complex
history of the museum's 1838 beam engine, which is believed to be the only
non-rotative Maudslay beam engine remaining.
Speakers
confirmed to date include Richard Maudslay (great, great grandson of Henry
Maudslay), Dr Denis Smith, Dr Mary Mills and John Porter. Papers will embrace a
number of themes including the Maudslay family; a history of the company and
its impact on the British manufacturing industry; Maudslays shipyard in
Greenwich and a historical study of the museum's 1838 Maudslay beam engine
probably the last surviving Cornish engine built by the company. This engine
will be operated under steam for delegates during the seminar.
Cost including
lunch £45, £40 seniors & members of the Kew Bridge Engines Trust.
Places
limited, early booking recommended
Fee includes
delegate pack, morning coffee, buffet lunch and afternoon tea. In addition all
delegates will be able to view the museum and attend an early evening private
view of the museum's exhibition
Henry
Maudslay has been called the father of the machine tool And was widely
respected by many prominent engineers of his time such as Brunel and Telford.
Although he died in 1831, his sons continued his successful engineering
business and in 1838 supplied the first pumping engine for the Grand Junction
Water Works' new Kew Bridge pumping station, now the Kew Bridge ,Steam Museum.
However
Maudslay is one of the 'forgotten' engineers, his reputation eclipsed by the
more flambuoyant Brunel.
This exhibition will examine Henry's life and work and
his continuing legacy and its impact on many aspects of life which we take fro
granted today.
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