Powell Brothers Limited

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Powell Brothers Limited

Powell Brothers Limited was established in 1876 in the Cambrian Ironworks, Regent Street, Wrexham, originally under the company name of Messrs Powell and Whitaker who were described as being 'iron and brass founders and agricultural and general engineers'. During the 1880s William Whitaker acquired a partnership with the Powell brothers and they set up an agency in London to increase sales.

In the June 1914 issue of The Implement and Machinery Review it was stated that 'the business of Messrs Powell Brothers and Whitaker, Cambrian Ironworks, Wrexham ... is in future to be known as Powell Brothers Limited'. The period between 1914 and 1918 saw a shift in production towards munitions in order to aid the war effort. It is during this period that J. E. Powell's sons, J. W. Powell and R. Glyn Powell were in partnership with their father.

The last reference to the business known as Powell Brothers Limited was in 1927 when they were described as 'furnishing ironmongers, iron and steel merchants and cycle agents'. In 1927, the premises of Powell Brothers Limited, Engineers and Ironfounders, Cambrian Ironworks, Wrexham, was acquired by Rogers and Jackson Limited, a subsidiary of the Rubery Owen group of companies. They became engineers merchants, and R. J. Glyn Powell, the grandson of Evan Powell became one of the company's directors.