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Is that the one that was made for South African Mining concern?

Eddie, I remember this fan but wasn`t involved with the order. It was for Schwager Mines in Chile I think. Used Google but can`t determine when it was installed.

This photo appeared in the Wigan Official Handbook of 1949, so Ted is correct about the date.

remember the cast iron blocks it's sitting on ,still using same?or similar ones at Walmsleys in the 70's to rest jobs on

The cast iron mounting blocks were made in the foundry,originally for the assembly of the winders for Russia around the time of Stalingrad.
The Macard fans were manufactured by walkers after Aerex fans were discontinued around the same time-1942z

John, mention of Russia reminded me of the corvette engines we built. I think they were in the Erecting Shop when their Majesties visited on 7th March 1945. Were these engines sunk on the way to Russia?

Ernest,the Corvette engines were 2000 hp and there were several of them.They were manufactured for the Canadian navy and they all made it to Canada.
The equipment that was torpedoed was a co2 compressor for Tata in India and that happened in 1941

John, I`m surprised. I thought Popov (don`t know if that was his real name, but it`s what we called him), the Russian inspector, checked the corvette engines.
Where you involved with the order?

Ernest, the corvette engines were an admirality design which earned the designer an OBE.
At the same time the winding engines for Russia were being designed in the drawing office. They were contracted to Metro - Vickers who supplied motors and switchgear.
The machines themselves were designed by Schutt and Knowles.
Popov and Yampolski were the Russians who inspected them

Eddie, on page 89 in his book "Pagefield Motor Vehicles", Tom Meadows says :-
The last fan of all was a Walker-Macard fan completed in 1949. This axial flow fan was for the Schwager Colliery near Valparaiso in Chile. He goes on to give details of it.
John Webb, on pages 83 and 84 Tom Meadows gives info on the corvette engines. The engines were installed in the ships at Leith near Edinburgh by ship fitters. One engine was installed in HMS Loch Quoich, a frigate and another installed in HMS Guildford Castle, a corvette which became HMCS Hespeler.
Alf Donaldson and other fitters, who worked on these engines, was involved with the sea trials in the North Sea.