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Bridgwater Iron Foundry

Other Business Names:

  • Down, Richard
  • Brownes, Watson & Murch
  • Murch & Spence
  • Murch & Culverwell
  • Culverwell, James, & Sons

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Bridgwater, Somerset, Somerset, South West, England

Sectors:

  • Mechanical engineering Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
  • Mechanical engineering Engine & turbine production exc transport
  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal casting

Notes:

Traced origins to Richard Down who established a foundry at Langport in 1808. Relocated to Bridgwater in 1820. Subsequently operated under different names including Brownes, Watson & Murch; Murch & Spence; Murch & Culverwell; and James Culverwell & Sons. Initially made general castings and undertook general engineering work especially regarding agricultural implements. Constructed a noted local bridge in 1820s. Under James Culverwell, d1911, made steam engines. Foundry closed by 1910

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