The Steam Hammer Man- James Nasmyth

The Steam Hammer Man James Nasmyth (1808-1890)

By John Aldred

History and Life of Engineer James Nasmyth. Nasmyth was one of that great group of Victorian engineers who made technological leaps forward and during the first half of the nineteenth century turned a tiny hamlet known as Patricroft on the outskirts of Eccles into a thriving industrial village for the manufacture of steam locomotives. 

Eccles Library now holds a special collection of Nasmyth Records

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ISBN 978-0-900999-10-2