Fletcher, Jennings & Co.
Fletcher, Jennings & Co. was an engineering company at Lowca near Whitehaven, Cumberland, England.
Overview
Fletcher and Jennings took over the business of Tulk and Ley in 1857. From then, until 1884, the company concentrated on four and six-coupled industrial tank locomotives, although other goods such as bridge girders, and blast-furnace shells for the burgeoning local iron industry, were also produced. By then nearly two hundred locomotives had been built and the company acquired limited liability as Lowca Engineering Company Ltd.In 1905, the name changed again to the New Lowca Engineering Company Ltd., but the company was receiving fewer orders. After a disastrous fire in 1912, all production ceased and the company being finally wound up in 1927.
Surviving locomotives
Preserved locomotives manufactured by the company include:| Name | Gauge | Type | Date | Works number | Notes |
| Talyllyn | 1864 | 42 | Preserved on the Talyllyn Railway in mid Wales | ||
| Dolgoch | 1866 | 63 | Preserved on the Talyllyn Railway in mid Wales. | ||
| Sten Sture | 1873 | 119 | Rebuilt to Side Tank form. Located in Sweden. | ||
| Captain Baxter | 1877 | 158 | Preserved on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex | ||
| Townsend Hook | 1880 | 172L | Preserved at Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre in Sussex. | ||
| William Finlay | 1880 | 173L | Bought by the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Tywyn, Gwynedd in 2016 for display. | ||
| Hariette | 1883 | 190 | Located in Mauritius | ||
| Regina | 1889 | 204 | Located in Mauritius | ||
| 1890 | 207 | Located in Mauritius |
Other locomotives
Other locomotives manufactured by the company include:- Brigham Hall/Rothersyke of the Cleator & Workington junction railway
In fiction