Willoughby Brothers
From Graces Guide
of Central Foundry, Plymouth
The Willoughby Bros shipbuilding yard was based in Plymouth, Devon, England. It had a 200 foot berth, an engine works and a foundry. It mainly built tugs, coasters, Saltash ferries and Blackpool excursion steamers.
1897 Novel refuse destructor invented by S. Willoughby of Chiswick, a partner in the firm; the destructor was installed at Lewisham[1]
It was sold to new owners at the end of the nineteenth century
1920s Company closed in the 1920s.
- Old cast lamp post seen at Fagin's (AIT)
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Sources of Information
- British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss