W. W. Harrison & Company Ltd
William Wheatcroft Harrison was born on 27 April 1830, the eldest son of John Harrison and his wife, Harriot. His father was Sheffield’s first electro-plater. In the early 1850s, he partnered Thomas John Creswick at Montgomery Works, Pepper Alley, which sold electro-plate and German silver products. Creswick & Harrison was dissolved in 1856. William continued in Fargate. Family members involved in William’s enterprise included his father, his brother (John Maleham Harrison), and also George Harrison (un....
