Isaac Dodds and Son was a locomotive manufacturer based in the Holmes district of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.The local parish clerk, Willie Woolhave,[a] contributed greatly to his schooling with Isaac showing aptitude for mathematics and drawing.About 1813 aged 12 Isaac was apprenticed as a mining engineer by his uncle Ralph Dodds and Killingworth Colliery.[1] In 1832 Isaac Dodds started duties with the Horsley Iron Company, with his winning design resulting in the 1833 locomotive Star.Though the order had been cancelled, work had already started and the two engines were completed for the LB&SCR by the official receiver, and they finally ran in 1871.
Advertisement for Isaac Dodd's Engine Works at Holmes from Drake's Road Book of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, 1840.
