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.