—NOVEMBER 16 1932 HIGH WATER (from Holden’s)— Morning 1228 (26ft 6in) Evening 1242 (26ft 7in) LICHTINC-UP TIME ..
... Liverpool frigates privateers “ made the great ironmaster John Wilkinson and his father Isaac at Bersham Ironworks near Wrexham where from about 1750 shells and grenades were out” It was John Wilkinson too who built the first iron ship a barge launched ...