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Shipbuilders and boiler makers of Bidston Wharf, Birkenhead.
Steam launches, boilers etc.
Established 1878 by James Taylor Cochran with Edward Crompton; together they had invented the Cochran boiler and co-founded the company.
1878 The vertical Cochran boiler was introduced
1879 Built the Resurgam submarine
1880 Advert for boilers.
By 1901 the company was operating from Annan - see Cochran and Co (Annan)
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