Industry & technology (215 pages found in this category)


Pail closet

Small outhouse containing a seat underneath which was a bucket into which the user would defecate. The buckets were regularly removed and emptied by the local authority.

Patrick Milne of Crimonmogate

Wealthy Scottish merchant, politician, and landowner; commissioned Aberdeen architects to design two houses.

Pearson & Cox

A British manufacturer of steam and petrol-powered vehicles active from 1908 until 1916.

Peel Trident

The Peel Trident, designed by Cyril Cannell, was first produced by the Peel Engineering Co from 1965–1966, and reintroduced by Peel Engineering Ltd in 2011.

Peelwood Colliery

Peelwood Colliery on the Manchester Coalfield in Shakerley, Tyldesley, Lancashire, began producing coal in 1883.

Pendleton Colliery

Former colliery that operated on the Manchester Coalfield from the late 1820s. It was a major employer but was subject to water ingress, which ultimately bankrupted its owner.

Pendleton fault

Geological fault stretching for about 20 miles (32 km) from Bolton in Greater Manchester in the north along the Irwell Valley through Pendleton and south to Poynton in Cheshire.

Perran Foundry

Cornish foundry established in 1791 to supply steam-engine pumps and heavy machinery to mines, waterworks and ironworks.

Pilkington’s Lancastrian Pottery & Tiles

Former manufacturer of tiles, vases and bowls established in 1892, best remembered for their fine glazes such as Royal Lancastrian.

Pinfold

Enclosure in which stray domestic animals, cattle, sheep, pigs, geese were kept until their owners paid a fine to collect them.