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1848 Thomas Green bought a site and founded the Smithfield Ironworks in Leeds
1862 Incorporated as a Limited Company.
1879 Private company. The company was registered on 14 June, to take over the business of the firm of the same name, as engineers, ironfounders and machinists. [1]
1880s Started building locomotives.
Became Thomas Green and Son
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