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The patterns were sand casted. Some of the text on the casts describes this process.

 

The sand casting process involves the use of a furnace, molten metal, and a sand mould.

The pattern is pressed into compacted sand which forms the mould for the cast.

The pattern is the form and shape of the cast, a cast can be no better than the pattern from which it has been made.

Smelting heats the metal to over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, when the impurities

in the metal float to the surface and can be removed.

Crucibles move the molten metal through a series of gates and risers into the mould where it cools and solidifies. 

FINISHED CASTS

We discovered a shortage of local

cast iron foundries. Fortunately Ted McAvoy, Leander Architectural, which now specialises in aluminium castings, 

very kindly contacted colleagues who still 

work in cast iron. 

 

The majority of our patterns were cast at JT&E Castings Wigan,

www.jtecastings.co.uk and a couple at Barr & Grosvenor Limited, Wolverhampton, we received fantastic, friendly service from both firms and are delighted with the

end results.

The casts are being installed, very kindly by the Friends of Reddish Vale, along the Deadline in Reddish Vale 

Country Park, close to the entrance 

which starts close

to the Portwood Roundabout,

Stockport.

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