Black, Hawthorn and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer with a works situated in Gateshead,

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John Coulthard and Son

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number 156, a to the Jenny Lind pattern. There followed more of the same and several engines. Although the works numbers went up to 100, probably only twenty were new, since the company carried out a great deal of rebuilding work.

Black, Hawthorn & Co

In 1865 Ralph Coulthard retired and the works was taken over by William Black and Thomas Hawthorn, who concentrated on industrial

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s, both four and six coupled. The company supplied steam locomotives to collieries and works, particularly in North East England. They also built a number of crane engines. Some of the locomotives were very long-lived. A steam locomotive is preserved and is currently getting a refit at the

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Chapman and Furneaux

By 1896 over a thousand engines had been built when the firm was taken over by Chapman and Furneaux, A further seventy were produced before closing in 1902, with drawings, patterns and goodwill being bought by R & W Hawthorn and Leslie of

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Preservation

Preserved Black, Hawthorn locomotives include: * ''Wellington'', at

, works no.266, built 1873 * ''Bauxite No.2'', at NRM York, works no.305, built 1874 * ''Kettering Furnaces No.3'', built for the Kettering Ironstone Railway, preserved at

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works no.859, built 1885 * ''E No.1'', at Beamish Museum, works no.897, built 1887 * ''City of Aberdeen'', at Bo'ness & Kenneil railway, owned by SRP

works no.912, built 1887 * ''Styrbjörn'', at (static exhibit, in children's playground), near

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, Sweden, works no.966, built 1890

References

* Lowe, J.W., (1989) ''British Steam Locomotive Builders,'' Guild Publishing {{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Hawthorn and Co Locomotive manufacturers of the United Kingdom