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Photo: RON HUNT
Item #: 28846
A very interesting poster.Does anyone know what the mining machinery in photo B are?
Check out other pages in the works section. My dad, Dougie, worked at Walkers, then Walmsleys for over 40 years. Centre lathe turner bottom shop. I followed him in 1968 as an apprentice before leaving in 1975.
The merger in the late 60s with Beloit started the rot.
Picture "D" is a Walker Macard Axial flow variable pitch fan, ventilation fan sizes were from four foot diameter up to seventeen foot maximum diameter.
Picture C is a Supercalendar. It's what puts a coating on paper by applying pressure up to 1,500 lbs per linear inch. They operate at around 2,000 feet per minute.
A few sharp eyes may have noticed that the picture C, Super calendar, actually says Walmsley's (Bury) Ltd. I worked for them from 1969 till 1975. Not sure if this company name was in use in the 50's.
Well there you go. Walmsley's (Bury) Ltd formed in 1933.