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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Eagle Star Foundry
Parent Body	Smedley Brothers Ltd
Also Known As	Eagle Foundry
Also Known As	Eagle Ironworks
Place	Belper
Epithet	iron foundry and engineering company
Dates	1855-1970
History	Eagle Foundry [sic] was established in Becksitch Lane, Belper when three Smedley brothers started an iron foundry and engineering business in 1855. Alfred (1830-1905), James (1832-1905: died in New Zealand) and Frederick (1828-1893) were later joined by John (1837-1917) and Samuel (1835-1893: died in Canada). The firm specialised in the manufacture of edge runner grinding mills, but later diversified into the production of steam engines, boilers and lamp posts. The firm became a limited company in 1893. The foundry closed in 1970. Members of the Smedley family also operated the Park foundry in Belper.
Address	Becksitch Lane, Belper
Source	- Derbyshire Historic Environment Record: Monument MDR9598 - British Newspaper Archive - Peter T Winskill (1897) 'Temperance Standard Bearers of the Nineteenth Century', pp. 436-437, concerning the Smedley family.
Authorised Form of Name	Belper; Eagle Star Foundry; 1855-1970; iron foundry and engineering company
Cataloguing Notes	History researched and written by cataloguing volunteer Roger Jennens, December 2021.

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