Wire Making

Wire making began in the Calder valley in the late 18th century to produce wire for the cards which were used in the textile industry for yarn preparation.

Much of the local trade originated in Clifton. It has been suggested that wire-making was taken to America by men from Clifton.

Some local links to wire making:

Bates & Nortcliffe Bethel Rhodes & Son J. & A. Binns Limited T. & J. Binns & Company John F. Brearley Ralph Brearley Samuell Brooke Carrington Binns Darblin' 'Oil, Clifton Arthur Dixon & Company Limited Edward Fairburn & Sons Healey & Healey George Healey & Sons Hipprum Wires Limited Hirst Brothers & Son Limited Leopold Wire Works, Brighouse J. W. Lister Limited London Electric Wire & Smiths Limited Lower Jack Royd Mill, Ovenden Mytholme Mill, Hipperholme The Northern Electric Wire Company George Patchett George Patchett & Sons Solomon & Frederick Pitchforth Ramsden, Camm & Company Limited Redfearn & Bedford

Redfearn Wire Products John Rigby & Sons Robin Hood Wire Works, Brighouse James Royston, Son & Company Aquila Royston R. Royston Sedburgh Wire Mill, Halifax Sharp & Brown John Shaw & Sons Limited John Shaw & Sons Shropshire Iron Company Siddall & Hilton Limited Frederick Smith & Company Standard Wire Company Steel Card Wire Association William B. Swift Limited Thompson & Hudson Limited Thompson & Munroe Limited John Thornton Town Woodhouse Limited Victoria Wire Works, Brighouse Stuart Whitehead & Company John Whiteley & Sons Wire drawing Wireform Joseph Womersley William Wood John Wood & Sons John Woodhead James Woods & Brothers

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