I saw this on another List but thought it might interest you folks. -----Original Message----- From: David Lewis Paget <[email protected] > On the Cartwright side of my family, a son of my great grandfather was >a draughtsman and engineer, lived at Ocker Hill, and worked at Tipton. >He worked for the Birmingham Canal Navigation Co., later taken over by the >London, Midland and Scottish Railway Co. (LMS), to incorporate rail and >canal transport. > As you know the midlands was riddled with canals and at strategic >places they had pumping stations to pump the water back up above the locks. >This Harry Cartwright worked at one of these pumping stations at Tipton, >where they had two huge pumping engines called Tangyes. Along with the >pumping engines there was an engineering workshops where there were >boilermakers, blacksmiths, boat builders, carpenters - every trade you can >think of. Harry Cartwright was the deputy boss of this place. > Just thought you might be interested. >David >Wallaroo, South Australia. > >______________________________