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Widnes Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Robinson, Thomas
  • Atlas Foundry & Engineering Works
  • Widnes Foundry (1925) Co Ltd
  • Ward, Thos W, Ltd

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

  • Widnes, Halton, Cheshire, North West, England

Sectors:

  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Chemical making, oil refining, etc, plant production
  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal casting
  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Structural metal products manufacture inc prefabricated buildings, bridges, gasholders, etc

Notes:

Established 1841 at St Helen's by Thomas Robinson, d1901, as Robinson & Cook. From 1847 at Atlas Foundry & Engineering Works. Established foundry at Widnes c1861. Initially made glass grinding machinery, structural metal work and water pipes gradually coming to specialise in chemical engineering products for local industry. 1925 reorganised as Widnes Foundry (1925) Co Ltd and in 1936 acquired by Thos W Ward Ltd when reconstituted as Widnes Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd

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