IEEC3 Transactions – Volume 1

Transactions of the 3rd International Early Engines Conference, Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Coatbridge, 22-24 March 2024, Edited by Steve Grudgings and Paul Stephens. Published by IEEC in collaboration with the International Stationary Steam Engine Society, (ISSES Stationary Power, Volume 26), Bewdley, March 2026, 978-1-872986-26-5

Price: £40.00 (£35 to IEEC attendees/members of sponsoring organisations) +postage £5.00

Contents

• Grudgings, Steve, Foreword, pp.3-6 (includes details of presenters)

• Parkes, Justin, The Farme Colliery Engine – the last working atmospheric winding engine, pp.7-26

• Grudgings Steve and Becker, Clarence, O., The Farme Colliery Engine – Appendix 1 – Clarence Becker’s Notes, pp.27-31

• Potts, Edward, The Farme Colliery Engine – Appendix 2 – An appreciation of the practical engineman, pp.32-33

• Stephens, Paul, The Farme Colliery Engine – Appendix 3 – The Farme Colliery engine today, pp.34-40

• Swinbank, Ellie and Crompton, John, The History of Caprington Colliery Engine, pp.41-55

• Swinbank, Ellie and Crompton, John, The History of the Caprington Colliery Engine – Appendix 1 -The Carron Company Invoice, pp.56-57

• Stephens, Paul and Allen, Chris, The History of the Caprington Colliery Engine – Appendix 2 – The Caprington Engine re-erected, pp.57-58

• Townley, John, The World’s First Steam Mills (1779-1783): Wasbrough and Pickard, their customers and their mills, Part One – The Mills of Matthew Wasbrough, pp.59-82

• Townley, John, The World’s First Steam Mills (1779-1783): Wasbrough and Pickard, their customers and their mills, Part One – The Mills of James Pickard, pp.83-100

• Dewhirst, Stephen, Early Steam Engines in the Ironbridge Gorge, Part 1 – Broseley, pp.101-121

• Dewhirst, Stephen, Early Steam Engines in the Ironbridge Gorge, Part 2 – The Deep Pit Winding Engine, Broseley, pp.122-129

• Dewhirst, Stephen, Early Steam Engines in the Ironbridge Gorge, Part 3 – The Tuckies Pumping Engine, Jackfield, pp.130-134

• Nevell, Michael, Excavating and Recording 18th Century Steam Engines in the Ironbridge Gorge, pp.135-150

• Potts, Mike, Atmospheric Engine Loading and Balancing Procedures, pp.151-156

• Potts, Mike, The Carron Company and Steam Engine Building, 1760-1800, pp.157-168

• Crompton, John, William Sandeman’s Engine, pp.169-181

• Crompton, John, William Sandeman’s Engine – Appendix 1 – The Engine at Verdant Works, pp.182-186

• Lucas, Adam, Jonell, Tara, Jones, Peter and Naylor, Simon, Locating Industrial Progress: Hybrid power Sources in Britain’s First Energy Transition, pp.187-197

• Potts, Mike, The Heslop Engine, pp.198-208

• Hardwick, David, Early Engines of Whitehaven Revisited – a partial reassessment, pp.209-238

• Hardwick, David, Early Engines of Whitehaven Revisited – Appendix 1 – Transcriptions of the Committee of Proprietors Licence to Erect an Engine at Whitehaven, pp.239-242

• Whitehead, William Kay, The Boulton & Watt Rotative Engine for John Stein’s Whisky Distillery, Kennet Pans, pp.243-289

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Reviews

In summary, this book is highly recommended to members. Its large format and high-quality paper allow the numerous illustrations, diagrams, and photographs to be presented to good effect. While some contemporary photographs could have been sharper, this minor shortcoming does not significantly detract from the overall technical excellence of the publication. It is sure to become a standard reference work in the field.

Len Morris, Chairman, Northern Mine Research Society