Lecture – The Story of the Headly Foundry and Engineering Works

Speaker: Professor Helen Weinstein, Director of HistoryWorks, hosted by: Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group

Time: 7.30pm at The Pye Building, Cambridge Museum of Technology.

Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group’s November lecture will be given by Professor Helen Weinstein who will be sharing her research on Headly, a local foundry and engineering company. The firm’s Eagle Foundry was originally based on Cambridge Market Place from the 1830s, later moving to a site off Mill Road before finally relocating to Cheddars Lane in the 1890s.

Professor Weinstein will chart the social and industrial history of this important local company whose products included bridges, boilers, railings, garden ornaments, gas-works and brewery fittings, a steam locomotive and stationary engines. Headly also ran a coprolite mining and milling company. The talk will give insights about the skilled Victorian workers who lived in the streets nearby, such as the foundry managers, turners and moulders. Helen will also show how the Headly foundry and coprolite mill contributed to the local business economy.

Tickets for the talk are available on the door for £3 a head.

For info go to https://www.museumoftechnology.com/calendar/2022/11/14headleyironworks