Darlington Steel and Iron Co
of Darlington
Offices in Manchester and London.
1882 The Darlington Iron Co was re-launched in 1882, the year of William Barningham's death, as the Darlington Steel and Iron CompanyLtd. Bessemer converters, which the board had ordered in 1878, were delivered only in 1884, making the Springfield plant redundant.
1885 The Springfield works lay derelict and to let in 1885 while efforts continued to re-equip the Albert Hill site by installing new engines. The Pendleton Iron Works, which made a wider variety of railway and colliery products, itself failed in 1888.
1894 After the Darlington company mortgaged its Albert Hill works to Thomas Barningham and others in 1894, the plant was sold to Sir Hugh Bell and transferred to Middlesbrough the following year. The Darlington Forge Co took over the site, though not the business, which was liquidated.