Horse-Powered Boring Mill — 32-Pounder Barrels

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. 32-pounder on a truck carriage, gun deck. Not a foundry portrait.

Overview

The mill is already on 32-Pounder Naval Cannon and Walker Foundry — Rotherham. Casting poured molten iron into a vertical mould, then bored the barrel on a horse-powered boring mill.¹

The Mill

This note covers that mill only. Steam advocacy is on Steam Warships — Hardy 1830–1834. Copper sheathing is on Copper Sheathing — Hull Protection. A workforce, a named mill, and a patent stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Wilkinson John — Iron Founder is the 1770s boring-credit note. Royal Brass Foundry — Woolwich stays a red-link.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• 32-Pounder Naval Cannon
• Walker Foundry — Rotherham

Related

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Same Subject

• 32-Pounder Naval Cannon
• Walker Foundry — Rotherham
• Carron Company — Falkirk Foundry
• Wilkinson John — Iron Founder

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• Age of Sail — Era Overview
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Footnotes

1. Vertical mould; horse-powered boring mill: 32-Pounder Naval Cannon and Walker Foundry — Rotherham. ↩

2. Wilkinson 1770s credit on his own note. Do not invent a workforce, a named mill, or a patent. Do not write the Woolwich foundry note here. Do not redo steam advocacy or copper sheathing. ↩