Gilkes Wilson and Company
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Gilkes Wilson and Company was a British locomotive manufacturer at Teesside Engine Works in Middlesbrough which opened in 1843.
Initially repairing locomotives, the company built its first new engines in 1847. Edgar Gilkes had worked for the Stockton and Darlington Railway and large numbers were built for the line, and for the North Eastern Railway.
Other customers were the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, the Newmarket and Great Chesterford Railway, the Llanelly Railway and the Liskeard and Caradon Railway.
In 1865 the company merged with Hopkins and Company to become Hopkins Gilkes and Company. In 1875 the name changed again to the Tees-side Iron and Engine Works Company Limited, having built 351 locomotives in total.
Besides locomotive construction, they produced structural ironwork, including work for ill-fated Tay Bridge which they took over from De Bergh and Company.
The company closed in 1880.
[edit] References
- Lowe, J.W., (1989) British Steam Locomotive Builders, Guild Publishing
