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Dublin 2013 – Manhole cover of Strong & Sons of Hammond Lane

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:19:35 +0000

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On April 27, 1878 a steam boiler explosion took place at the foundry, killing thirteen people. The following poem was written:

LAMENTABLE LINES

Written on the late awful Accident at

HAMMOND LANE.

You citizens of Dublin of every creed—each one and all,
Whom God has blessed with means, pray listen to the call
Of charity and love, nor let it come to you, I say, in vain,
From the suff'rers of the tragdey which occured in Hammond-lane

The twentyseventh of April ( 78 ) will long remembered be
By Widows and by Orphans who ne'er again shall see
The face of him so dearly loved, who brought them daily bread,
Who cheered their hearts when aching with the joyful words he said.

And with him thirteen others lie in one ghastly pile,
In fragments and in pieces—I shudder even while,
To you, I tell the story of this sad Catastrophe
Which has plunged so many souls into eternity.

At Messrs Strong's great Iron Works where, employment numbers get.
This melancholy thing occured which I never can forget—
Sad in all its aspects, so sickening to contemplate ;
Direful in its Consequences, heart rending to relate

It was at the hour of dinner, and convenient to the spot
Stood poor Duffy's public house, a place so often sought
By workingmen, as was their wont, to have their pint of beer—
With their piece of bread and butter—the poor man's only cheer.

While thus in peace and quiet, as they enjoyed their rrugal meal,
Like light'ning, in an instant, around their senses steal
A death—like curtain which closed their eyes on things mundane,
And ope'd them to eternity, for endless joy or pain.

A dreadful crash, the only warning—like cannon's awful roar;
A heap of ruins next moment with mangled corpses all in gore :
The boiler o'er the way alas ! how sad, had burst, and oh !
The cause of all this misery—this wretched scene of woe.

Beneath the fallen houses, and heaps or aebris lay
Disfigur'd bodies—young and old—some still alive they say ;
Oh ! let us rescue, if we can, is the cry of some one near,
For in that rubbish yonder, some dismal moans I hear.

Our stalworth men, in numbers, responded to the call,
And worked like gallant heroes beneath the forming wall
That threat'ned to engulf them, and each moment life destroy,
But those fearless boys of Dublin would work away or die.

Two young and beauteous maidens were numbered with the dead—
In innocence and beauty their lamps of life had fled—
And with their loving father, have journeyed on their way
To happiness, I hope, where evermore they'll stay.

Peace to their souls, poor victims, and may the Lord on high,
Console their friends, heart—broken, who for their lost ones sigh ;
And crown the good Sir John—the flower of Arnott's name—
For his kind and princely offering—God bless him for the same.

Thus ends my tale, good people, so sad in every line,
Of this melancholy accident I've tried to tell in rhyme
And let us hope in Goodness, nor think our hopes in vain—
That we'll never have to picture another Hammond-lane.

Isle of Man 2013 – Water tower for the Laxey Mine Steam Railway

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 12:14:11 +0000

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Originally a gas street lamp column (cast by Gelling's Foundry) in Douglas. Later it would be converted to electricity, in 2009 it was converted to water use.

Isle of Man 2013 – Drain cover of Gelling's Foundry of Douglas

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 12:12:24 +0000

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Gelling's Foundry was formed in 1803, but closed in 1964.

Drain cover of B. Ubbink & Co Yzergietery of Doesburg

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:17:35 +0000

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Made in the period 1929–1939.

The foundry dates from 1893, nowadays it is called Gieterij Doesburg.

Access cover of the Zuid-Nederlandsche IJzergieterij

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:19:30 +0000

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The Zuid-Nederlandsche IJzergieterij was located in Berg op Zoom.

Drain cover of Nering Bögel of the pre-1932 period

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:42:10 +0000

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The company Nering Bögel has a history going back to 1756. It was founded in Deventer by Hendrik Lindeman, who sold it in 1825 to the Nering Bögel family. It became the biggest steel foundry in the Netherlands and in 1853 it was the first to use a steam engine. In its heyday it employed 1000 men. It didn't survive the Depression of the 1930s. In 1932 it was declared bankrupt. The then director J.A.C. Nering Bögel started a small trading firm, selling drain covers which were produced elsewhere. In 1950 this Nering Bögel company was sold to the other important drain-cover producer "De Globe". From 1955 the company moved to Weert. "De Globe" sold Nering Bögel in 1965 and then it became part of different investors and companies. From 2005 it is a self-contained company again.

More info (in Dutch).

Drain cover of Nering Bögel of the post-1955 period

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:43:44 +0000

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Manhole cover of Nering Bögel of the post-1928 period

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:45:25 +0000

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This manhole cover uses the Elkington patent 2-207. This type of cover was invented in 1928.

The company Nering Bögel has a history going back to 1756. It was founded in Deventer by Hendrik Lindeman, who sold it in 1825 to the Nering Bögel family. It became the biggest steel foundry in the Netherlands and in 1853 it was the first to use a steam engine. In its heyday it employed 1000 men. It didn't survive the Depression of the 1930s. In 1932 it was declared bankrupt. The then director J.A.C. Nering Bögel started a small trading firm, selling drain covers which were produced elsewhere. In 1950 this Nering Bögel company was sold to the other important drain-cover producer "De Globe". From 1955 the company moved to Weert. "De Globe" sold Nering Bögel in 1965 and then it became part of different investors and companies. From 2005 it is a self-contained company again.

More info (in Dutch).
Info about Elkinton: www.gatic.com/about.html

Fire hydrant of the N.V. Holland – Bergen op Zoom

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:40:08 +0000

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The foundry Holland of Bergen op Zoom is famous for producing a certain letterbox of the Dutch Post, so famous in fact, that the letterbox was named Holland.

I cannot find the starting date of this company (probably 19th century), but it folded in 2001.

See here for some pictures of the buildings still standing there:
www.mosselstraat9.nl/Foto/RMI/index.htm

And a small movie of demolition of the buildings:
nl.youtube.com/watch?v=K4VrLt39diI

An article in a Dutch newspaper with two former workers:
www.bndestem.nl/regio/bergenopzoom/3635241/De-Holland-was...

And here a link to the catalogue of the foreclosure auction:
archive.dovebid.com/brochure/RMIH010918.pdf (PDF, 4.9 MB)

At the municipal archive of Bergen op Zoom, many pictures can be seen of the foundry Holland:
www.markiezenhof.nl/ (search on "ijzergieterij holland" or "de holland")