Edward Lucas and Son
Edward Lucas and Son of Dronfield Foundry, near Sheffield.
1790 Company established by Edward Lucas
Succeeded by his sons, grandsons, etc
By 1811 Samuel Lucas, steel refiner, had set up a foundry exploiting his patent for malleable iron at the ancient dyeworks site in Dronfield
By 1822 Samuel's brother Edward had bought the works and continued a family association with Dronfield lasting 160 years.
by 1828 the firm was making spindles and fliers for the machinery of the cotton, jute and linen trades in Lancashire, Dundee and Northern Ireland. Lucas’s also made spades, shovels, files and railway wheels, steel spokes and plates of malleable iron at the whole pre-1870 mill dam site with its ancillary workshops and grinding shops.
At some point became Edward Lucas and Sons.
1890 Dissolution of the Partnership between Edward Lucas, Samuel Lucas, Thomas Harrison Lucas, and William Lucas, carrying on business at Dronfield Foundry and Dronfield Forge, in the county of Derby, as Ironfounders, Spindle and Flyer Manufacturers, Spade and Shovel Manufacturers, and General Merchants, under the style of Edward Lucas and Son. All debts will be received and paid by the Samuel Lucas and Thomas Harrison Lucas, who will continue to carry on the said businesses of Ironfounders and Spindle and Flyer Manufacturers, at Dronfield Foundry aforesaid, under the same style of Edward Lucas and Son, and the said Edward Lucas and William Lucas will also continue to carry on the said business of Spade and Shovel Manufacturers, at Dronfield Forge aforesaid, under the style of Edward and William Lucas[1]
1908. Samuel Lucas retired; the business was carried on by Thomas Harrison Lucas.
1914 Principal: Thomas Harrison Lucas, J.P.
1914 Malleable ironfounders, spindle and flyer makers. Specialities: spindles and flyers, roving, spinning, cops. [2]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ London Gazette 16 Sept 1890
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- Nedias newsletter #88 [1]