W & J Galloway & Sons

W & J Galloway & Sons
IndustryEngineering
PredecessorWilliam & John Galloway
Founded1790
FounderWilliam Galloway
Defunct1933
FateDefunct
SuccessorHick, Hargreaves & Co. Ltd.
Headquarters,
England
Key people
John Galloway (Inventor)
ProductsSteam engines
Boilers for steam engines

W & J Galloway and Sons was a British manufacturer of steam engines and boilers based in Manchester, England. The firm was established in 1835 as a partnership of two brothers, William and John Galloway. The partnership expanded to encompass their sons and in 1889 it was restructured as a limited liability company. It ceased trading in 1932.

The Galloway brothers had been apprenticed to another partnership involving their father, a maker of waterwheels and gearing for mills, before setting up in business on their own account. Their firm grew to be a specialist producer of steam engines and industrial boilers with a worldwide customer base and a reputation for ingenuity. Their products were used in such diverse areas as electricity generation and refrigeration. The business grew with the increasing application of steam power in industry, and it died with industry's move to the application of electric power.