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DAY, SUMMERS & CO.,

Engineers, Boiler-makers, Ship & Yacht Builders,

ESTABLISHED 1834.

Northam Ironworks, Southampton.

LAND SHEERS.

Contractors to the English Admiralty and War Office, The Imperial Russian Gov- ernment, The Royal Spanish Government, The Egyptian Government, Crown Agents to the Colonies, etc., etc.

FLOATING SHEERS.

These Works, which cover 10 acres, are situated on the River Itchen, close to Northam Station, on the London and South- Western Main Line.

There are two Steam Hauling-up Slips and two sets of Steam Sheers on the premises, with extensive Wharf accommodation, and the firm manufacture their own Castings and Forgings.

The workshops are fitted with the best and newest type of machines and tools and powerful overhead travelling cranes. Inventors and Patentees of STEAM TRIPOD TRAVERSING SHEERS & NON-FLEETING WIRE-ROPE HAULING-UP SLIP MACHINERY.

Repairs to Vessels and Machinery undertaken with Despatch.