The Leeds Iron Works was in business by 1877 when its principal, Joseph Green, brought nephew James Green Hirst into the business. They did business as Joseph Green & Nephew. Three years earlier the two men were co-inventors on a new patent mortising machine.
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- 1877-02-10 Furniture Gazette.
MR. Joseph GREEN, maker of the patent mortising-machine, of the Globe Iron Works, Leeds, has taken into partnership his nephew, Mr. James Green Hirst, and the business will henceforth be conducted under the title of Joseph Green & Nephew.