DOXFORD TIMELINE
Jan 28, 2022
2 minutes
1840 William Doxford started building wooden ships at Cox Green, on the south bank of the River Wear between Penshaw and Offerton
1857 Doxford moves to Pallion in north-west Sunderland, and began operating on a much larger scale.
1870 A larger site was purchased and five new berths laid down.
William Doxford and Sons began
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