Waring Brothers

Waring Brothers
Private
Industry Civil engineering
Fate Wound-up
Founded 1841
Defunct 1870s
Headquarters London, England
Key people
Charles Waring MP (Chairman)

Waring Brothers was an English company specialising in railway structures.

History

The Company was founded by Charles Waring, William Waring and Henry Waring in 1841 in York as a civil engineering business.[1]

By 1853 the Company was working for the Central Peninsular Railway Company in Portugal.[1]

It went on to complete numerous railway structures including three viaducts in Luxembourg (including the Passerelle) and the station (but not the roof, which was tendered separately) of St Pancras in London.[1]

Major projects

Major projects included:[1]

Demise of the Company

Charles Waring went into politics as Member of Parliament for Poole in 1865[1] after which time there were very few contracts entered into so it appears that the Company was wound up in the early 1870s.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/29/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.