occasions visited the works of both Forrester and Sharp, Stewart and Company of Manchester, who were both constructing three engines each for their new railway. They noted visits to Forresters game them little cause for concern whereas at Sharps the mechanics were at times found to be partaking of "too ardent feasting at craft clubs" with related absenteeism and irregularities. Closure Locomotive building finished around 1847, thereafter the firm diversified, closing in 1890. Nothing remains of the former sites at 234, 224 and 40 Vauxhall Road, Liverpool. See also James Cudworth Blakely rifle SS City of Brussels References Sources Engine manufacturers of the United Kingdom Forrester Steam engine manufacturers Manufacturing companies based in Liverpool Defunct companies based in Liverpool British companies established in 1827 Ammunition manufacturers