Its operations included mechanical engineering, coal mining, iron and steel making and brickworks.
The company was noted for its winding, pumping and blast engines, and operated a private railway network.
The company's origins date back to 1764 when Earl Gower formed a company to construct the Donnington Wood Canal on his estate.
In 1802 the Lilleshall Company was founded by the Marquess of Stafford in partnership with four local capitalists.
Many of its artefacts and archives are preserved by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.