Hazeldine, William
Other Business Names:
- Hazeldine & Co
- Telford, Thomas
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Cefn Mawr, Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales, Wales
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Shropshire, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal casting
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Structural metal products manufacture inc prefabricated buildings, bridges, gasholders, etc
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Transmission machinery production inc millwright work
Notes:
William Hazeldine, 1763-1840, initially worked as a millwright in the Shrewsbury area before specialising as an iron founder from 1789. He was brother of John, Robert and Thomas who as Hazeldine & Co established the well known iron foundry at Bridgnorth. 1799 built a large foundry at Plas Kynaston, Cefn Mawr, and subsequently had several works, mines, etc, in the Shrewsbury area. Noted for his pioneering structural castings, notably the iron structure of the world's first cast iron framed building, Ditherington Flax Mill, Shrewsbury, and for early iron bridges. Closely associated with Thomas Telford. By 1830s his business was in decline
Publications:
- Thomas Telford's Shrewsbury team. Thomas Telford, William Hazeldine and John Simpson by Pattison, Andrew
- William Hazeldine Pioneering Ironmaker by Pattison, Andrew
- William Hazeldine, Shropshire ironmaster and millwright. A reconstruction of his life and his contribution to the development of engineering, 1780-1840 by Pattison, Andrew
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Hazeldine & Co
- Telford, Thomas
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Cefn Mawr, Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales, Wales
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Shropshire, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal casting
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Structural metal products manufacture inc prefabricated buildings, bridges, gasholders, etc
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Transmission machinery production inc millwright work
Notes:
William Hazeldine, 1763-1840, initially worked as a millwright in the Shrewsbury area before specialising as an iron founder from 1789. He was brother of John, Robert and Thomas who as Hazeldine & Co established the well known iron foundry at Bridgnorth. 1799 built a large foundry at Plas Kynaston, Cefn Mawr, and subsequently had several works, mines, etc, in the Shrewsbury area. Noted for his pioneering structural castings, notably the iron structure of the world's first cast iron framed building, Ditherington Flax Mill, Shrewsbury, and for early iron bridges. Closely associated with Thomas Telford. By 1830s his business was in declinePublications:
- Thomas Telford's Shrewsbury team. Thomas Telford, William Hazeldine and John Simpson by Pattison, Andrew
- William Hazeldine Pioneering Ironmaker by Pattison, Andrew
- William Hazeldine, Shropshire ironmaster and millwright. A reconstruction of his life and his contribution to the development of engineering, 1780-1840 by Pattison, Andrew