Platt Brothers

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For the Californian comedy entertainers, see The Platt Brothers.

Platt Brothers & Co Ltd, (also known as Platt Bros. of Oldham) was a British company. They were ironfounders, textile machinery manufacturers and colliery proprietors, and by the end of the 19th century, were the largest engineering firm in the world, employing 15,000 workers.

The Platt Company was the largest employer in Oldham and the largest maker of cotton-processing machinery in Lancashire and hence in the world.

Henry Platt was made the (fourth) Mayor of Oldham, an office he was to hold twice more in 1855-56 and 1861-62.