Burn & Co Ltd

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Burn & Co Ltd (Wagon Manufacuturer)

Burn and Company was established in 1781 as a firm of architects and builders in Calcutta and engineers at Howrah with a foundry.

The Howrah works became a major railway contactor from the very beginning of railways in India in the 1850’s.With the rapid expansion of Railways, Burn & Company started manufacturing Railway rolling stock at Howrah to cater to the increasing demand. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The company merged with the Indian Standard Wagon Co Ltd (founded in 1918, at Burnpur) to become the Burn Standard Company Limited and developed excellence in manufacturing Railway wagons, forged components, springs etc.

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