Wharton Crane and Hoist Co
of Reddish, Stockport.
1906 Company founded.
1919 Public company.
1926 Name changed.
1961 Manufacturers of electric and hand overhead travelling cranes, electric and hand chain blocks and rope hoists, industrial lifting platforms and automobile lifts. 330 employees. [1]
1967 Acquired Broadwell Buildings.[2]
5-ton crane seen on the Snowdonia Railway (2007)
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - 09 November 1967
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - 13 February 1970