Wharf crane

Wharf crane at Cotehele Quay, Cornwall dating from 1865. The circular platerecords the maker as Hennett, Spink, and Else at Bridgwater Iron Works, Bridgwater, Somerset, which operated under that name between 1857 and 1865. In 1865 the partnership between Follett Charles Hennet, Daniel Spink and Richard Charles Else was dissolved with the business to be carried on as Hennet and Spink. Liquidation followed in 1870 but the business was subsequently re-opened sometime later by Hennet and Co.