It was formerly a supplier of chemical, oil and nuclear plant and instrumentation, and today is a manufacturer of low temperature storage.
The Whessoe Company traces its origins back to an iron foundry shop founded in 1790.
[3] They built several locomotives for the railway, including subcontracted manufacturing and repair work from Timothy Hackworth.
[4] 1845 built, Hackworth designed, Tory class Derwent is preserved in the National Railway Museum collection.
[12] Whessoe's business supplying low temperature gas storage equipment remained in Darlington, successively owned by Preussag Noell, Skanska and Al Rushaid.