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Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd

• works: Forth Bank Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• 1817: founded by Robert Hawthorn
• 1820: firm named R. & W. Hawthorn Ltd.
• 1884: merged with A. Leslie & Co. to become Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd.
• works manager: S. T. Price
• 1937.01.01: merged with Robert Stephenson & Co. to become Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd
• documents:
  • Monkwearmouth Station Museum
  • National Railway Museum Library and Archives
  • South Tyneside Central Library
  • Tyne and Wear Archives Service

Hawthorn, Leslie: No.2801 4-6-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 41½Tons
  • cylinders: 14½"x22"
  • driving wheels: 45"
  • working pressure: 175psi
• 1910: LLSR 13
• 1940: scrapped
• photos: [INGV2 b-7-p63- ]
  [LLSRF: b-7-p39-1937 ]

Hawthorn, Leslie: No.2802 4-6-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 41½Tons
  • cylinders: 14½"x22"
  • driving wheels: 45"
  • working pressure: 175psi
• 1910: LLSR 14
• 1943: scrapped
• photos: [INGV2 b-7-p63-1937.06.24 ]
  [LLSRF: b-5-p39-1937.06.24 b-7-p39-1937.06.24 b-5-fc-1938.05 b-5-p11-1938.05 ]

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