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6. Rise, Peak and Demise of the Perran Foundry, 1858-1879 | 2002
THE PERRAN FOUNDRY PERRANWORTHAL CORNWALL AN HISTORICAL REPORT AND ASSESSMENT OF A LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY IRON FOUNDRY AND STEAM ENGINE MANUFACTORY by Susie Barson
Historical Analysis & Research Team Reports and Papers 71 2002
6. Rise, Peak and Demise of the Pcrran Foundry, 1858-1879
In 1858, the Fox family sold their interest and control of the Perran foundry to
members of the Williams family, to Michael Williams M.P. of Trevince and Mr
William Williams of Tregullow. The firm was retitled Williams Perran Foundry
Company and continued to trade under that name until the works closed in March,
1879. James Carnell, who was still manager in 1858, left Perran to run the Redruth
Hammer Mill Foundry until his death in 1866. He was succeeded at Perran by John
Burgess, draughtsman, engineer and works manager. 3 Burgess would have been in
charge following the sale in 1858, and supervised the expansion of the works and the
increase in workforce that took place soon afterwards. Unfortunately, no documentary
evidence directly related to the refurbishment of older buildings, or the building of
new ones, has so far come to light. However, a plan of the newly extended site, dated
1865 and deposited in the County Record Office at Truro, makes clear the extent of
the works, and, most usefully, the use of each area (Fig. 4). The western block, shown
on the tithe map, is here clearly identified as the Engineers' Shop, with a boiler house
to the west of the water leat, and a Boring Mill and Pattern Shed to the 'vest of that.
Another pattern shed has been built just north of this, straddling the River Kennall. To
the north, by the entrance to the site, is a new office and committee room building,
with a drawing office on the upper floor, and stables behind. Alongside the river, a
new time office, warehouse, coal yards, and yards for storing and despatching
machines have been built. South of this is the main foundry complex, viz, Moulding
Shop and Smiths' Shop with the hammer mill, furnaces and coke stoves, a blacking
mill, a boiler house attached on the south side of the engine house, Brass Shop and
Bolt Shop. To the east, a New Pattern Shop, and to the north, the Old Pattern Shop,
which corresponds closely to the block on the Tithe Map; this may be the oldest
building on the site. A coal shed and gas works were developed at the west end of the
site
In 1858, the Fox family sold their interest and control of the Perran foundry to
members of the Williams family, to Michael Williams M.P. of Trevince and Mr
William Williams of Tregullow. The firm was retitled Williams Perran Foundry
Company and continued to trade under that name until the works closed in March,
1879. James Carnell, who was still manager in 1858, left Perran to run the Redruth
Hammer Mill Foundry until his death in 1866. He was succeeded at Perran by John
Burgess, draughtsman, engineer and works manager. 3 Burgess would have been in
charge following the sale in 1858, and supervised the expansion of the works and the
increase in workforce that took place soon afterwards. Unfortunately, no documentary
evidence directly related to the refurbishment of older buildings, or the building of
new ones, has so far come to light. However, a plan of the newly extended site, dated
1865 and deposited in the County Record Office at Truro, makes clear the extent of
the works, and, most usefully, the use of each area (Fig. 4). The western block, shown
on the tithe map, is here clearly identified as the Engineers' Shop, with a boiler house
to the west of the water leat, and a Boring Mill and Pattern Shed to the 'vest of that.
Another pattern shed has been built just north of this, straddling the River Kennall. To
the north, by the entrance to the site, is a new office and committee room building,
with a drawing office on the upper floor, and stables behind. Alongside the river, a
new time office, warehouse, coal yards, and yards for storing and despatching
machines have been built. South of this is the main foundry complex, viz, Moulding
Shop and Smiths' Shop with the hammer mill, furnaces and coke stoves, a blacking
mill, a boiler house attached on the south side of the engine house, Brass Shop and
Bolt Shop. To the east, a New Pattern Shop, and to the north, the Old Pattern Shop,
which corresponds closely to the block on the Tithe Map; this may be the oldest
building on the site. A coal shed and gas works were developed at the west end of the
site
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| Date | 2002 |
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