Edward James Harland & Company

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Edward James Harland & Company was the 19th-century Belfast shipbuilding firm founded by Edward James Harland that later evolved into the renowned Harland and Wolff shipyard.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf business enterprise
shipbuilding company
associatedIndustryCentre Queen's Island
surface form: Queen’s Island, Belfast
associatedWith Port of Belfast
surface form: Belfast Harbour

Gustav Wilhelm Wolff NERFINISHED
businessType private company
country United Kingdom
foundedBy Edward James Harland
Sir Edward James Harland
hasSuccessor Harland and Wolff shipyard NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Belfast
historicalLocation United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance forerunner of one of the world’s most famous shipyards
industry marine engineering
shipbuilding
laterBecame Harland and Wolff NERFINISHED
locatedIn Belfast
Belfast Maritime and Industrial heritage landscape
surface form: Belfast shipbuilding district

County Antrim NERFINISHED
Ireland
notableFor contribution to Belfast’s emergence as a major shipbuilding centre
early development of the Harland and Wolff shipyard
operatedInCentury 19th century
partOf Belfast maritime industry
predecessorOf Harland and Wolff
regionServed British Isles
international shipping market

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Harland and Wolff originalName Edward James Harland & Company