William Cockerill begins work in Verviers
- When
- 1799
- Where
- Verviers, near Liège
In 1799 the English industrialist William Cockerill began work in Verviers, near Liège, launching his production of textile machinery on the Continent.
William Cockerill (1759–1832), an English inventor, entrepreneur, and industrialist, began work in Verviers, near Liège, in 1799. He designed and produced machines for the new industrial textile manufacturing, and is best known for later establishing a major manufacturing firm in what is now Liège Province of modern-day Belgium. The supplied sources describe his 1799 start in Verviers but do not specify the exact month or the precise equipment types built that year.
Sources
- William Cockerill Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-25
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