Durham Foundry
Harleston Street
Sheffield
S4 7QB

T 0114 249 4977
F 0114 249 4910

castings@
durhamfoundry.com

Mike Naylor
Managing Director

Michael Mains
Accounts

 




Produce a set of castings of a Victorian cast iron fountain to be repaired and reassembled in Hull.

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A 'mermaid' section ready for moulding. All the replacement parts are produced using original section as patterns.
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Castings one of the 'mermaid' sections. The mermaids were produced in ductile iron to enable assembly by welding.
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Step 3
Fettling and cleaning the 'mermaid' head and arms. Each mermaid is assembled from eleven separate castings.

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Rebuilding the fountain. The 'Mermaid' has been assembled from new castings.
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Step 5
The fountain reassembled and erected on site. It is hoped to produce a further two complete fountains to replace ones which were removed during the fourties.

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