Anderston Foundry Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Houldsworth family
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal casting
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Transport equipment production
Railway track, fittings, etc, production
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Mechanical engineering
Textile & wearing apparel making machinery production
Notes:
Traced origins to Houldsworth family of Glasgow, cotton spinners from late 18th century sometime trading as Henry Houldsworth & Sons. Early 19th century diversified into making and repairing textile machinery. This business from 1850s known as Anderston Foundry Co. 1874 established a plant at Middlesbrough. 1884 incorporated. By mid 19th century also producing railway track fittings which became a specialisation
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Other Business Names:
- Houldsworth family
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal casting
- Transport equipment production Railway track, fittings, etc, production
- Mechanical engineering Textile & wearing apparel making machinery production