Thomas Lowe had previously been in partnership with James Abberley as Lowe & Abberley at the nearby Waterloo Works, and also in partnership with Brough Bros & Co at the Gold Street Works.  

In July 1870 both of these partnerships were dissolved. 

Thomas Lowe continued at the Gold Street Works on his own account. In 1875 this business was recorded as being in the hands of Mrs. T Lowe, Keates Directory.