Green, Wigram and Green
From Graces Guide
1829 Richard Green became a partner in the firm Wigram and Green, which was renamed Green, Wigram and Green.
1832 Green, Wigram and Green of Blackwall employed from 500 to 1,000 men [1]
1833 Green, Wigram and Green of Blackwall launch the 'Monarch' the largest steam-ship ever built in the country and owned by the Edinburgh Steam Co. Powered by two 100 hp engines by Boulton and Watt [2]
1836 Wigram and Green of Blackwall launch the 'Countess of Lonsdale' of 700 tons. Owned by the General Steam Navigation Co. [3]
1843 the shipbuilding partnership of Wigram and Green expired - the shipyard was divided down the middle. Money Wigram and Sons retained the western half and the Greens the eastern half, later becoming R. and H. Green and Co.
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