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.

Mechanical engineering firm, manufacturing pumps, valves, compressors and hydraulic equipment. The Hydraulic Engineering Company grew out of the Flookersbrook Foundry, established c1805, on the site of the present works in Charles Street, Chester. It became a limited company in 1874. Its products included hydraulic lifts, cranes, ramps, presses and dock machinery, which were sold to customers such as the Great Western Railway Company, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, the Port of London Authority and the Admiralty. The company also built port installations for use overseas, including in Gibraltar, Malta, Hong Kong, Bombay, Melbourne and Barcelona.

The Electric Construction Corporation (later the Electric Construction Company Ltd) was registered on 20th July, 1893. The company established works in Bushbury in 1888 on a 23 acre site, purposely built for electrical engineering construction. The site included an iron foundry and its own railway siding. Early products included the E.C.C. Standard Type Dynamo and Motor for generators and motor cars, direct current transformers and rotary converters, electric railway plant, various alternators and transformers, arc lamps and meters and other electrical components for motor cars. The company's most famous motor car was the Electric Dog Cart, manufactured in 1896. In its early years, the Electric Construction Corporation supplied a Multipolar Generator, then the largest direct current machine in the world, to the Manchester Corporation. After 1945, a separate factory was built in Shaw Road for manufacturing transformers, and housing a rectifying plant. Two associate companies - E.C.C. (Moulded Breakers) Ltd, and Federal Electric Ltd, were also established in a separate factory in Fordhouse Road, Wolverhampton. Beginning in 1959, these companies manufactured a range of medium voltage switchgear for electrical distribution in industry, commercial buildings, hospitals, shops and domestic settings. Products included fuse switches and moulded case air circuit breakers. The E.C.C employed over 2000 people by the 1960s. By this time the business was producing medium and heavy electrical equipment including motors, generators, control gear, rectifiers and transformers, and components for the communications industries. Many products were exported around the world, and the company set up subsidiaries E.C.C. South Africa, Proprietary Ltd. and E.C.C. Transformers & Controls Ltd. in New Zealand. The late 1960s and 1970s saw the business struggle to compete with cheaper foreign components. The E.C.C. were taken over by Aberdare Holdings, based in South Wales, which manufactured modern truck and metal clad switchgear. The E.C.C. became part of the Hawker Siddeley Group, before closing in September, 1985. The works were demolished in 1986.