W. R. Renshaw and Co
of Phoenix Works, Stoke-on-Trent (previously at Union Foundry (Kidsgrove)
Stationary engines. [1]
William Robert Renshaw was born in Handforth, Cheshire, in 1845. He was apprenticed to Barker and Cope of Kidsgrove, and took over their Union Foundry in the 1880s.[2]
1883 Partnership dissolved: William Robert Renshaw, William Owen, and Charles Henry Payne, trading as Renshaw and Co., Union Foundry, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, brass and iron founders [3]
Henry Pooley and Son had taken over the Union Foundry by 1896
1897 Beam engines for Coleham Pumping Station.[4]
1908 The business of this company, engineers and railway wagon builders, is being carried on by the trustees for the debenture holders pending the reconstruction of the company. [5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10
- ↑ [1]Website relating to W R Renshaw’s life
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post, 5 September 1883
- ↑ ‘Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Volume 4: Wales, Cheshire & Shropshire‘, by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908