I've recently been researching the "James Coombes Table Engine" - colliery
workshop engine at Coalpit Heath Bristol
It was operated by three generations of the Coombes family each listed as
engineer or apprentice engineer in the various census
Regards
David Hardwick
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From: "Eve Gardner" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 5:51 PM
Subject: [MINING-HISTORY] Steam engineers and mining
> Many thanks to you who answered my question on blacksmiths in mining; I've
> learned a lot about mining by reading the chat on this site. Now another
> query: William Hallam's son, also William, was termed a steam/stationary
> engineer in 1880 and worked as such for most of his life. In the late '80s
> in Cheshire/Lancashire how would he have got his training? Was there a
> school he would have gone to or was it all as an apprentice?
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