John Harvey (ironfounder)

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John Harvey
Born1730
Died1803
Nationality British
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
Discipline Mechanical
ProjectsHarvey & Co of Hayle
Significant designImprovement of the beam engine
Simpson design waterworks beam engine by Harvey's of Hayle, Hereford Waterworks Museum Murdoch slide valve housing, Hereford Waterworks Museum.jpg
Simpson design waterworks beam engine by Harvey's of Hayle, Hereford Waterworks Museum

John Harvey was a Cornishman whose career started as a blacksmith and engineer at Carnhell Green near Hayle, in west Cornwall. In 1779 he established a foundry and engineering works at Hayle called Harvey & Co. [1] By 1800 the company employed more than 50 people and continued to grow as Harvey worked with many of the great Cornish engineers and entrepreneurs of the day. These included Richard Trevithick, William West, and, more importantly, Arthur Woolf. In 1797, Harvey's daughter, Jane, married Richard Trevithick.

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Harvey & Co. built up a reputation for world class stationary beam engines designed to pump water out of the deep Cornish tin and copper mines. The Cornish beam engine became world-famous and was exported overseas, and remains the largest type of beam engine ever constructed; the largest of all, with a 144-inch-diameter (3,700 mm) cylinder which powered eight separate beams, was used to drain the Haarlemmermeer in the Netherlands—it is preserved in the Museum De Cruquius. [2]

Crimean siege mortar made by Harvey's of Hayle Crimean siege mortar - geograph.org.uk - 989441.jpg
Crimean siege mortar made by Harvey's of Hayle

Harvey's also produced a range of products, from hand tools to ocean-going ships including the USS Cornubia. The company was expanded by John's son, Henry, in collaboration with Arthur Woolf, who was the chief engineer. At that time it was the main mining engine foundry in the world, with an international market served through their own port at Foundry Town, Hayle.

Harvey's of Hayle reached their peak in the early- to mid-19th century and then, along with the Cornish mining industry in general, suffered a gradual and slow decline. Harvey's acquired the Cornish Copper Company in 1875. The engineering works and foundry were closed in 1903, [3] although the company continued to trade as a general and builders merchant, eventually merging with UBM to become Harvey-UBM in 1969.

List of ships

ShipGRTYard NoForDate of launch
Henry Harvey23 May 1857 [4]
Cornubia 589 Hayle and Bristol Steam Packet Company 27 February 1858 [5]
SS Riviere 1241860
MinrosCharles Henry Smith of Swansea22 April 1860 [6]
Penair2131862
Royal Bride286March 1863
Welsh Girl1 August 1863
Cornish Girl175Porthleven United Shipping CompanyApril 1864 [7]
Eliza Bain300Hitchens, Bain and Company12 November 1864 [8]
SS St Agnes 175Mr. Hitchens of St Agnes24 June 1865 [9]
SS Bessie 2876 September 1865
SS Margaret 232June 1866
SS Western Wave 22925 October 1866 [10]
SS Hayle 353Tom Mawr Company of Neath10 June 1867 [11]
Unnamed Brigantine214Captain H Thomas of St Ives21 June 1867 [12]
SS Mary Johns 181William Johns of St Ives21 May 1868 [13]
Hannibal370Captain Hannibal Thomas1868 [14]
PS Dolphin South Devon Railway Company24 July 1869 [15]
PS Guide 104 Dartmouth Steam Packet Company 7 September 1869 [16]
SS The Girl of the Period 30627 May 1870 [17]
SS Batara Bayon Sree 118J.B. Mansfield of Teignmouth8 September 1871 [18]
SS Senor Rostro 398George Batters of London29 March 1873 [19]
SS Frank Batters 38016 May 1874 [20]
SS Lady of the Isles 152West Cornwall Steam Ship Company9 March 1875 [21]
SS Victor W. Jewell of Falmouth10 June 1875 [22]
T.S.B.289Thomas Bolitho and Sons, Penzance5 November 1877 [23]
SS Penwith 289February 1878
SS King’s Bridge Packet 11015 April 1879 [24]
SS Thornhill 27525October 1880 [25]
SS Emperor 10629July 1880
SS Tynron 30626January 1881
SS Emperor 11432July 1883
SS Eagle 10333August 1883
SS Dauntless 12036October 1884
SS Lanisley 14842Thomas Bolitho and Sons, PenzanceJune 1887 [26]
SS Carnsew 3403922 August 1888 [27]
SS Dartmeet 65543Whiteway and Ball or Torquay9 August 1888 [28]
SS Lyonnesse 38245West Cornwall Steamship Company2 February 1889 [29]
SS Advance 154461889
SS Tongshan 17504724 October 1889 [30]
SS Penwith 197848R.B.Chellew3 July 1890 [31]
SS Penpol 203349R.B. Chellew12 December 1890 [32]
SS Ramleh 2660516 June 1891 [33]
SS Landore 53952Welsford and Company23 September 1891 [34]
SS Mersey 5365330 November 1891
SS Avon 536541892
SS Volney 36155Rogers and Bright of Liverpool25 July 1892 [35]
SS Hayle 4235620 March 1893 [36]

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