Brookfield Linen Co
of Brookfield Street Factory, Crumlin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1851 Company established.
1866 The company was registered on 25 July. [1]
1912 Factory contains 24,000 spindles, preparing machinery, etc., for flax and tow spinning. The Brookfield Factory in Cambrai Street and the Agnes Street Factory contain 1,400 looms, with the necessary preparing machinery for weaving linen, union, and cotton goods. The company also owns extensive bleaching and dye works. The total number of workpeople employed is about 2,400.[2]
1914 Flax spinners, linen manufacturers, bleachers and merchants. Employees 3,200. [3]
1929 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturers of Damask and Housekeeping Linens, Crash Suitings, etc. The Irish Linen Guild. (Stand Nos. T.9 and T.22) [4]
1934 In voluntary liquidation. Brookfield Linen Co, Donegall Street, Belfast.[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ 1912 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ 1929 British Industries Fair Page 30
- ↑ Belfast Telegraph - Friday 31 August 1934