1835-1933, boilermaker and engineer, Manchester. Engineering firm Galloway, Bowman and Glasgow was established in Lancashire in 1790 by William Galloway. The business had an iron foundry, and also manufactured mill wheels. In 1836, following the death of William Galloway, his sons William and John Galloway left the company and established their own firm, W. and J. Galloway at Knott Mill Ironworks. The company became W. and J. Galloway and sons in 1856, and became a private company, Galloways Ltd in 1889. In 1899 Galloways became a private limited company. The business became one of the leading suppliers of steam boilers to mills and factories in the Manchester area, but the firm manufactured a range of other metal goods. These included rivets, screw jacks, pipes, axels and wagons for railways and planing machinery. In 1848 the company patented their double-fire flue boiler, known as the Galloway Boiler. This would become the firm's best-known product. By the 1850s and 1860s the firm had a diverse international business. This included the supply of gunpowder mills and steam engines to powder mills in Constantinople, steam engines and gearings for Russian cotton mills around St. Petersburg area, and machinery for Indian-based cotton mills. The company was also engaged in civil engineering projects, notably building a viaduct for the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway in 1855-1857 and Southport Pier in 1859-1860. In 1856 Charles and John Galloway, became partners in the family business. Charles would become its Chairman in 1889. At its peak, Galloways employed more than 1,000 people. Galloways ceased trading and went into receivership in 1932. The firm's records, drawings and patterns were purchased by Hick, Hargreaves & Co. of Bolton in 1933.

The engineering company John and Edward Wood, sometimes J and E Wood, was an engineering company based at Victoria Foundry, Bolton. Brothers John and Edward Wood took over the running of predecessor company Knight and Wood in the 1860s, changing the company name. The company manufactured stationary steam engines, supplied to mills around the north west of England, and later also produced mill gearing and superheaters. The company closed in 1912.

John Musgrave & Sons was established in 1850 as the successor company to Musgrave, Son and Heaton. It became a limited company, John Musgrave & Sons Ltd, in 1881. Musgrave, Son and Heaton was founded in 1838, through a partnership with his son Joseph and John Heaton. The company established its works at the Globe Ironworks in Bolton in 1839. It operated until 1849, when the partnership with Heaton was dissolved. John Musgrave and his son Joseph then formed a new partnership, John Musgrave & Sons, in 1850, continuing to operate from the Globe Ironworks. Advertisements claimed that the company had been founded in 1839, referring back to the establishment of the Globe Ironworks by the previous company. John Musgrave & Sons developed and manufactured horizontal stationary steam engines for collieries, pumping stations, and textile mills. Their products sold around the world. John Musgrave died in 1864 and his four sons continued the business. From around 1866, the company's products included steam engines, steam hammers, boilers, bridges. cranes and gears. The company built a separate works in Westhoughton in 1902 for the boiler making side of the business. This investment seems to have caused financial difficulties and, in 1911, the company put its Globe Ironorks into voluntary liquidation. The company was refinanced in 1913, as John Musgrave & Sons (1913) Ltd. The Westhoughton boiler plant closed in 1912 and was acquired by the Admiralty and re-equipped to manufacture naval guns in July 1915. In August 1920 shares in John Musgrave & Sons (1913) Ltd were offered on the open market but by December 1924 the company had appointed receivers. The business continued to trade for a further two years. Final closure came in December 1927 when Galloways acquired Musgraves' goodwill, designs and drawings.

The National Boiler and General Insurance Co Ltd was established in 1894, with an office in St Ann's Square, Manchester. A predecessor company, National Boiler Insurance Co, had been set up in 1864 and operated for 30 years before the change in company name. The company supplied the National brand fusible plug for high pressure boilers, and also offered insurance and inspection of boilers and kiers, and steam and gas engines, prepared plans and specifications, and carried out testing of engines and boilers. By 1903, insurance and inspection had expanded to cover steam pipes, economisers, dynamos, motors and other electrical plant. In 1904, the National Boiler and General Insurance Co Ltd entered into a private arrangement with a number of other insurance companies, including the British Engine, Boiler and Electrical Insurance Co. In the 1920s and 1930s, the company also supplied National brand economiser circulators to improve efficiency of economiser pipes, and National brand safety valves, which it continued to supply into the 1960s. The company moved from St Ann's Square to St Mary's Parsonage, Manchester, in 1936. The company archive held by the former Greater Manchester County Record Office, now part of Manchester Archives+, ends in 1982, suggesting that the company continued until at least this date.

Yates & Thom of Blackburn was established in 1890 as a manufacturer of engines for mills, collieries and waterworks. The company was a partnership between William Yates and William Thom. Yates had set up his original business, William Yates (of Blackburn) at Canal Foundry, Blackburn, in 1826. He was joined in partnership by John Yates in around 1848, and the company name changed to W and J Yates. At some point, John Yates left the partnership, and Frederick Yates and Sydney Robert Yates joined. William Thom became a partner in around 1878. W and J Yates was dissolved in 1890 and William Yates continued in business with William Thom under the new company name Yates & Thom. Around 1901, Yates & Thom supplied six twin cylinder vertical engines driving 1500 kW alternators to Stuart Street Power Station, Manchester. The company also supplied compound engines, Lancashire boilers and winding engines. In 1928, Yates & Thom Ltd was acquired by Joseph Foster & Sons. The company became known as Foster, Yates & Thom.