Uskside Foundry

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Uskside Foundry in Newport, Wales was the home of Uskside Engineering, or Uskside Engineering and Rivet Co. Ltd.

Gwent Archives holds records for the company from 1889 to 1974.{{cite web |title=Records of Uskside Engineering/Engineering and Rivet Co. Ltd., Newport, Mon., 1889-1974 |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N13772044|website=National Archives |accessdate=4 July 2018}}

In 1889 Uskside Engineering & Rivet Co. Ltd. supplied the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company of the United States of America with "Stevens Improved Patent Fuel Presses", also known as Stevens underground engines.{{cite web |title=1884 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works |url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1884_Institution_of_Mechanical_Engineers:_Visits_to_Works |website=Grace's Guide to British Industrial History |accessdate=4 July 2018}}

John Hughes worked at the Uskside Foundry in the 1840s before going on to found his own business and eventually the New Russia Company Ltd, and thus Donetsk.

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Category:Foundries in the United Kingdom