Hope Foundry (of Bolton)
From Graces Guide
Occupied by:
The proprietor was an ancestor of James Atkinson (his grandson)
The firm was among the very earliest makers of locomotives in Lancashire.
1879 Liquidation by Arrangement of the affairs of Mark Tuer, of Hope Foundry, Farnwortb, near Bolton, in the county of Lancaster, trading as Tuer Brothers and Company, Iron Founder, Engineer, and Machinist, and residing at Bolton-road, Farnworth[1]
1894 Messrs Galloway Brothers Limited, Aerated Water Engineers, of Hope Foundry, St. George Street, Bolton[2]
The Hope Foundry building has survived and been converted into flats [3]
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