Heritage Place

Cochrane and Company, Woodside Iron Works, Dudley

Dudley ironworks that cast the Pencarrow Head lighthouse tower kit after the Wellington provincial government's agents accepted the 1857 tender.

Place Summary

Place ID: LUX-PLACE-000018
Type: historical location
Description: Dudley ironworks that cast the Pencarrow Head lighthouse tower kit after the Wellington provincial government's agents accepted the 1857 tender.
Aliases: Woodside Iron Works, Cochrane and Company, Messrs Cochrane and Company of Woodside Iron Works
Precision: text-only
Confidence: high
Status: reviewed
Review: accepted
Notes: No coordinate is assigned until a reviewed ironworks/site source is captured; proximity to Chance Brothers is source context, not a modeled shipment proof.

Manufactured byPencarrow Head cast-iron lighthouse tower kit to Cochrane and Company, Woodside Iron Works, Dudley1857

NZHistory - Slow beginningsOfficial History
Manatū Taonga records the July 1857 tender from Messrs Cochrane and Company of Woodside Iron Works, Dudley, for casting the Pencarrow lighthouse.
Chance Heritage Trust - Pencarrow Head LighthouseManufacturer Catalog
Chance Heritage Trust records Cochrane and Company of Woodside Iron Works in Dudley as the accepted 1857 tenderer and notes its proximity to Chance Brothers of Smethwick.