coach building

The Oxford Companion to Irish History | 2007 | 686 words | Copyright

coach building. Dublin was the main centre of this industry; by the end of the 18th century there were over 40 coach factories in the city employing up to 2,000 men, some of whom were among the best craftsmen in the city. Coach works were also to be found in Cork, Belfast, and some of the other larger provincial towns. By 1885 the number of firms in Dublin had been reduced to ten, employing 200 hands. A number of coach makers diversified into the construction of railway carriages from the mid‐19th century, and by the early 20th century some of the best firms (like Johnson & Perrott in Cork and Huttons in Dublin) had moved into the motor car trade.

Andrew Bielenberg

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