English Steel Corporation
English Steel Forge and Engineering Corporation of River Don Works, Sheffield and North Street Works, Openshaw, Manchester
1928 A merger of companies in the steel industry was announced, involving parts of Vickers, Vickers-Armstrongs and Cammell, Laird and Co [1]. This would involve all of the steel interests of the 3 contributing groups, except for interests in guns, ammunition and tanks. A new company would be created to take over these interests: the English Steel Corporation Ltd. The constituent parts from Vickers-Armstrongs were:
- River Don works, Sheffield
- Attercliffe works, Sheffield
- Holme Lane works, Sheffield
- Openshaw works, Manchester
- Drop forging plant at Elswick
and from Vickers:
and from Cammell, Laird and Co:
- Cyclops Steel and Iron works, Sheffield,
- Grimesthorpe works, Sheffield, and
- The Yorkshire Steel and Iron Works, Penistone
1929 Became a public company. Vickers held the majority of the shares and Cammell Laird held the balance[2]
1930 Forged large shafts for the Beauharnois hydro-electric scheme on the St Lawrence River in Canada. 38" diameter, forged weight 42 tons, finished weight 36 tons.[3]
1934 New company Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels formed to acquire the stainless steel interests of Thomas Firth and John Brown and the English Steel Corporation, which would jointly own the new company[4].
1935 See English Steel Corporation:1935 Review
1935 Description of heavy forging department [5]
1937 Steel manufacturers. [6]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
1940 Advert. Engineer's tools. [7]
1945 Advert. Small tools. [8]
1951 Nationalised under the Iron and Steel Act; became part of the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain [9]
1954 Vickers Ltd and Cammell, Laird and Co agreed to purchase this company, which was their former steel making subsidiary, from the Holding and Realization Agency [10].
1961 Parent of 20 subsidiaries. Employ 16,000 persons. Of River Don Works, Sheffield. [11]
1963 Formal opening of the new Tinsley Park Steelworks by the Duke of Edinburgh[12]
1964 Principal operating companies included:[13]
- English Steel Forge and Engineering Corporation
- English Steel Rolling Mills Corporation
- English Steel Castings Corporation
- English Steel Spring Corporation
- English Steel Tool Corporation
- Darlington Forge
- Taylor Brothers and Co
- Modern Hardmetals
1967 English Steel Corporation was nationalised and incorporated in British Steel Corporation. Compensation of £21.75M paid to the owners Vickers (75%) and Cammell, Laird and Co (25%) [14].
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 18 December 1928
- ↑ The Times, Apr 05, 1945
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 17 December 1930
- ↑ The Times, 12 July 1934
- ↑ Engineering 1935/02/15
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p148
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p182
- ↑ Hansard 19 February 1951
- ↑ The Times, 15 June 1954
- ↑ 1961 Guide to Key British Enterprises
- ↑ The Times May 21, 1964
- ↑ The Times, June 10, 1964
- ↑ The Times, 30 January 1968
- The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978/9. ISBN 0-903485-65-6