George Forrester and Company

George Forrester and Co.
Company typeGeneral partnership
IndustryEngineering
Heavy industry
Founded1827
FounderGeorge Forrester
Defunct1890
FateLiquidation
HeadquartersVauxhall Foundry,
40 Vauxhall Road, ,
United Kingdom
Key people
Alexander Allan
Charles Hodgson Horsfall
Walter Fergus MacGregor
Benjamin Hick Jr.
Anthony Bower
Andrew Wylie
John McFarlane Gray

George Forrester and Company was a British marine engine and locomotive manufacturer at Vauxhall Foundry in Liverpool, established by Scottish engineer George Forrester (b. 1780/81). The company opened in 1827 as iron founders and commenced building steam locomotives in 1834.