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1724 to 1839: Land called Thornaby Carrs was used intermittently for horse racing.
(afterwards): There was a shipyard on Thornaby Carrs.
about 1840: Mr. Skinner settled in South Stockton.
1840: The Teesdale Iron Works (also named Teesdale Ironworks) was founded.
1851: Teesside's first blast furnace was built, after iron ore was discovered in the Cleveland Hills.
1859: Mr. Skinner bought the Teesdale Iron Works. Thomas Head and Joseph Wright took over the Teesdale Iron Works.
later: Joseph Ashby and Thomas Wrightson joined the firm and Joseph Wright retired.
1860: Mr. Skinner bought the Cotton Mill.
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(later): The firm became Messrs. Head and Wright, and later Messrs. Head and Ashby.
1865: The firm became Messrs. Head Wrightson & Co Ltd. It made cast iron and wrought iron for boilers, railway chairs, naval ships, and many bridges across the world, the largest being in India. The firm employed 450 people.
1866: The firm became Head Wrightsons.
1877: The firm completed the Chenab Bridge in British India. The bridge is between Rabwah & Chiniot.
1889: The firm completed Fulham Railway Bridge.
1890: The works was three times as big as in 1860, and covered Thornaby Carrs.
1892: The firm employed 1200 people.
1893: The firm completed Newburn Bridge.
1895: The firm completed Barnes Railway Bridge.
1939-45: Manufactured the Bellman hangar, a 1936 design for a standard transportable aeroplane shed for the Air Ministry.
1965: Building the ice rink structure for the Billingham Forum.
1968: The firm employed nearly 6000 people and mostly made boilers and other heavy engineering. Its factory covered 68 acres.
1977: Davy Corporation acquired Head Wrightson.
1979: Davy Corporation was renamed "Davy McKee".
June 1987: Head Wrightsons closed.
From Wikipedia’s article on Head Wrightson, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3