Bowling Ironworks

Sectors:

  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Cannon, gun & shot founding inc cannon balls
  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal casting

Notes:

Traced origins to c1780 when established by Sturges family of Wakefield and Richard Paley of Leeds. Quickly emerged as a major iron founding business. Initially made household goods and, soon after, cannon. 1870 incorporated as Bowling Iron Co Ltd

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