British Cast Plate Glass Company 1773 - 1876

occupation:
Plate glass manufacturer
Nationality:
British
born in:
United Kingdom, England, Ravenhead; United Kingdom, England, Lancashire

In 1773 the British Cast Plate Glass Company was set up by Act of Parliament with a capital of £40,000. By 1786 the company's huge works at Ravenhead, near St. Helens, was built and the first domestic plate glass cast.