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Hudson, Robert, Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Hunslet Engine Co Ltd

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

  • Gildersome, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
  • India
  • South Africa

Sectors:

  • Transport equipment production Railway locomotive, rolling stock & components production & repair
  • Transport equipment production Railway signalling & other equipment production exc locomotives & track
  • Transport equipment production Railway track, fittings, etc, production
  • Transport equipment production Ropeway engineering

Notes:

Established 1865 at Gildersome, near Leeds, by Robert Hudson. Made materials for light railway systems including wagons, other vehicles, trackwork, tools, some locomotives, etc. Established plant in South Africa, from 1906, and India, from 1907. Emerged as leaders in their sector. Also made aerial walkway systems. Closed 1980s. Latterly close to Hunslet Engine Co Ltd

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