Wren and Hopkinson
Wren & Hopkinson of London Road Ironworks, Altrincham Street Manchester. The address also appears as Temple Street, Manchester. The works was evidently at the junction of these two streets, on the west side of Temple Street. The area has now been completely redeveloped.
Maker of stationary engines. [1]
Other products included textile machinery, gears for mills and steamships, waterwheels, hydraulic presses & pumps.
formerly Wren and Bennett, and then Wren, Wren & Hopkinson
1851 Fire at premises that front Altrincham street and Temple street [2][3]
John Hopkinson, one of the partners, started as an apprentice with Wren and Bennett, eventually becoming a partner in that company.
John Dewhurst's Belle Vue Mills in Skipton designed by Wren & Hopkinson [4]
1857 Agreement for construction of six grinding machines for glass makers Chance Brothers of Smethwick [5]
1867 At The French Exhibition: 'Messrs. Wren and Hopkinson exhibit much valuable machinery— compound oscillating engines, travelling cranes, Mohler's patent for lubricating axles and shaft journals, Smith's doubling and winding frame, and and Smith's spooling machine, which is creating a sensation, and taking extensive demands from French spinners.'[6]
1880 Supplied overhead cranes (rope-driven) for Joseph Whitworth & Company’s new Openshaw works.[7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10
- ↑ London Standard - Tuesday 28 October 1851
- ↑ Morning Post - Thursday 30 October 1851
- ↑ [1] Skipton Conservation Areas Appraisal, 2008
- ↑ [2] Black Country History website
- ↑ Birmingham Journal - Saturday 4th May 1867
- ↑ ‘Design and Work’ magazine.