Quote Originally Posted by WOODLANDSWOLF View Post
I don't think so mate, but I think both companies were in their prime at about the same time, 1930-50. I know Parsons were based in South Shields while Dorman Long were in Middlesborough and were of course mainly known for bridge building. They did the Sydney Harbor Bridge and of course the famous "vertical lift" bridge [the first in the UK] in Middlesborough itself.
Woody. Dormans made Diesel engines and I think became joined with Perkins. Dormans had a factory in Stafford.