Dispatch & Garlick Ltd (founded 1873)
Location
36 Lord St
The Dispatch Iron Works was built as an industrial premises for mechanical engineering company The name derives from a paddle steamer tug used in the port of Greymouth. Owner of the ironworks was the Scottish engineer John Sewell, who had exported the Dispatch 1869 from England to New Zealand. It is a substantial building and still operating as an engineering works.
Impressive survival for a functional industrial premise.
