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Robert Stephenson and Company vs Sharp, Stewart and Company

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Robert Stephenson and Company is the older of the two, founded in 1823 — 20 years before Sharp, Stewart and Company.

Founded
1823
1843
Status
Closed 1960
Closed 1903
Headquarters
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Manchester, United Kingdom
Industry
locomotive manufacturing
locomotive manufacturing
Legal form
joint-stock company
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Robert Stephenson and Company and Sharp, Stewart and Company.