Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Wood, Baldwin and Co

From Graces Guide

Engineers and millwrights, of Rastrick, and later of Brighouse.

1867 Founded by Joseph Wood, John Baldwin, Samuel Mitchell, and Richard Woodhouse at Birds Royd, Rastrick, Yorkshire.

1873 The firm moved to Clifton Bridge Iron Works, Brighouse.

1881 Following the death of Joseph Wood on 7 August, the partnership of Wood, Baldwin and Co was dissolved, and a new company was formed.

1883 John Baldwin retired from the business; Wood, Baldwin, Mitchell and Woodhouse became Woodhouse and Mitchell, a partnership of Richard Woodhouse and Samuel Mitchell.

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Sources of Information

  • Source of the above information: Malcolm Bull’s Calderdale Companion [1] Calderdale Companion website