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William and Alfred Kitching were on the board of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, as well as being shareholders. They built several locomotives for the railway, including subcontracted manufacturing and repair work from
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Whessoe Company traces its origins back to an iron foundry shop founded in 1790. That family business was inherited by William Kitching (d. 1850) and Alfred Kitching (1808–1882), both Quakers, who established the
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From 1850 to 1890 the company expanded into the manufacture of steel structures, cranes, and gas works equipment. In 1881 the company became a
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This article is about the company. For the medieval village, see
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Hope Town
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was formed, and in 1920 the company was listed on the
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acquired the Whessoe Varec instrumentation business.
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purchased the 'Hope Town Foundry' site to extend its
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267:Information Commissioner's Office
824:Companies based in County Durham
188:Whessoe Foundry Company Limited
157:Stockton and Darlington Railway
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237:as Whessoe Engineering Ltd.
202:acquired 51% of the shares.
804:Whessoe at About Darlington
235:Samsung C&T Corporation
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18:Whessoe (deserted village)
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737:(407). 3 September 1964.
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182:Whessoe Foundry Company
161:Hopetown Carriage Works
150:National Railway Museum
698:"Whessoe Varec Europe"
364:54.538086°N 1.559017°W
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813:Categories
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392:References
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279:Varec code
134:Darlington
102:Darlington
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671:"Whessoe"
627:, Whessoe
556:"Derwent"
486:Sources:
407:Sources:
354:1°33′32″W
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219:Hinkley B
178:company.
136:in 1832.
712:17 April
706:archived
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650:archived
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534:see also
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420:archived
273:See also
245:In 1997
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231:Skanska
146:Derwent
116:History
104:and on
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