Richardsons Westgarth & Company
| Public | |
| Industry | Marine engineering |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | Klöckner |
| Founded | 1832 |
| Defunct | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Hartlepool, UK |
Richardsons Westgarth & Company was a leading British shipbuilding and marine engineering business. The Company was based in Hartlepool and was a major employer in the area.
History
The Company was established in 1832 by Thomas Richardson as a marine engineering concern based in Hartlepool under the name of T Richardson & Sons.[1] In 1900 it merged with Sir C. Furness Westgarth and Company of Middlesbrough and W. Allen and Company of Sunderland to form Richardsons Westgarth.[2] As part of the merger Furness Withy, a shipping business, took a controlling interest in the Company.[3]
The Company was at the forefront of the development of steam engines and diesel engines for large ships throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[4] It built engines for many ships including SS Empire Amethyst. In 1927, the company began manufacturing Brown Boveri designed turbo-alternators under licence.[5] It acquired the firm of George Clark in Sunderland in 1938.[2] In 1962 its marine activities were merged with that of Weir Group[6] and it began focussing on engineering for power stations such as Trawsfynydd[7] and Dungeness B. It ceased operations in Hartlepool in 1982.[2]
The Company then diversified into steel processing and was acquired by Klöckner, one of the world's largest steel stockholders, in 2000.[8]
References
- ↑ Port Cities: T. Richardson
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Port Cities: Richardsons Westgarth
- ↑ Christopher Furness, Obituary The Times, 11 November 1912
- ↑ British Marine Industry and the Diesel Engine
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
- ↑ VWS Westgarth: History
- ↑ Nuclear Power Plants in the UK - Scotland and Wales
- ↑ Klöckner & Co expands business in the UK
Further reading
- A History of Thomas Richardson & Sons and Richardsons Westgarth 1832-1994, Printability Publishing, 1994, ISBN 978-0-9501306-6-8
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