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Richardsons Westgarth & Company
Richardsons Westgarth & Company was a leading British shipbuilding and marine engineering business. The Company was based in Hartlepool and was a major employer in the area.
==History==
The Company was established in 1832 by Thomas Richardson as a marine engineering concern based in Hartlepool under the name of ''T Richardson & Sons''.〔(Port Cities: T. Richardson )〕 In 1900 it merged with ''Sir C. Furness Westgarth and Company'' of Middlesbrough and ''W. Allen and Company'' of Sunderland to form ''Richardsons Westgarth''.〔(Port Cities: Richardsons Westgarth )〕 As part of the merger Furness Withy, a shipping business, took a controlling interest in the Company.〔(Christopher Furness, Obituary ) The Times, 11 November 1912〕
The Company was at the forefront of the development of steam engines and diesel engines for large ships throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.〔(British Marine Industry and the Diesel Engine )〕 It built engines for many ships including . In 1927, the company began manufacturing Brown Boveri designed turbo-alternators under licence.〔 〕 It acquired the firm of George Clark in Sunderland in 1938.〔 In 1962 its marine activities were merged with that of Weir Group〔(VWS Westgarth: History )〕 and it began focussing on engineering for power stations such as Trawsfynydd〔(Nuclear Power Plants in the UK - Scotland and Wales )〕 and Dungeness B. It ceased operations in Hartlepool in 1982.〔
The Company then diversified into steel processing and was acquired by Klöckner, one of the world's largest steel stockholders, in 2000.〔(Klöckner & Co expands business in the UK )〕
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