Grace's Guide To British Industrial History
Registered UK Charity (No. 1154342)Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains169,116 pages of information and247,648 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains147,919 pages of information and233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of Sheffield
1920 Public company formed which amalgamated various steel and tool companies[1]:
- Goodwin and Co of Scottish Steel and File Works, Neepsend,
- Slack, Sellars and Co,
- Apex Steel Co,
- Neepsend Rolling Mills Co,
- Loxley Forge,
- Hillfoot Forging Co.
1945 AcquiredWatson, Saville and Co.[2]
1961 Manufacturers of high speed steel, high grade alloys steels, carbon steels, for all purposes; combined iron and steel, high speed alloy and carbon steel wire, saws for wood and metal etc; files and rasps, machine irons and knives, agricultural blades, drills, reamers, cutters, engineers tools etc.[3]
1973 RenamedNeepsend. Acquired Sheffield Refreshment Houses; soldCrane and Hoist of Chapel-en-le-Frith[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑The Engineer 1921
- ↑Financial Times – 9 Nov 1945
- ↑1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑The Times Aug. 11, 1973