Newcomen Society presents a brief history of an early industrial estate.

Bank Quay lends its name to both Warrington’s main railway station and the soap works which looms large behind it. But Bank Quay was already an important industrial complex / transport hub, and well into its 2nd century by the time the first railway arrived.

The real Bank Quay, as the name suggests, is actually hidden away on the River Mersey not 200yds away.

This is a very brief history of some of the more significant and interesting industries that have come & gone here over the last 300 years.

The speaker, Bob Bowden, is a long standing member of the Newcomen Society.