Daniel Johnson and Company Dates: 1852 until around 1978 Location: Knutsford Road, Warrington Specialities: wire baskets and woven wire work for industrial and agricultural purposes Daniel Johnson and Company...
Whitecross Company Dates: 1864 to 1973 when it amalgamated with Rylands to become Rylands-Whitecross Location: Milner Street and Froghall Lane, Warrington Specialities: wire rope, iron and steel...
W.D. Houghton and Company Dates: 1820 Location: Sankey Wire Mills Specialities: steel wire, rope wires for ships hawsers, piano wire, chain wire, spring wire for bicycle saddles, cycle spoke...
Hope Iron Steel and Wire Company Dates: before 1873 until around 1881 Location: Dallam Lane, Warrington Specialities: iron and steel wire Little is known about this short-lived wire works which was...
James Harding and Company Dates: around 1876 Location: Warrington Specialities: flour machine wires, brushes, wire wine bins, wire gauze, wire window blinds James Harding and Company seems to have been...
Hanson and Edwards Dates: unknown to 1961 Location: Vernon Street, Warrington Specialities: stranding and ancillary equipment for the wire and cable-making industries Hanson and Edwards did not manufacture...
N. Greening and Sons Dates: 1799 to 1989 Location: Britannia Works, Bewsey Road, Warrington Specialism: wire weaving, perforated metal, screens, conveyor belts, wire brushes, sieves etc. N. Greening and...
Graepel Perforators Limited Dates: 1971 to the present day Location: Burtonwood Specialities: Perforated metal sheets and woven wire mesh. In 1889 in Budapest, Hungary Hugo Graepel founded Graepel...
Firth Company Dates: 1885 to circa 1977 Location: Nora Street, Howley, Warrington Specialities: manufacturing and supply of steel wire and wire products, zinc-coated wire, "firco" galvanised wire,...
George Artingstall and Company Dates: from around 1844 until around 1908. Location: Wilderspool Causeway, close to Warrington Bridge. The Latchford wire works backed onto a stone yard on the...
