H. Young and Co

c.1886 railings round statue of Queen Anne at St. Paul's Cathedral. These replicate the style of the original railings round the cathedral made >170 years earlier by Richard Jones (Ironfounder)

Footbridge at Alresford station, Mid Hants Railway

1891.

1895.

1938.

H. Young and Co were iron and brass founders of Eccleston Iron Works, Pimlico, London (1873-1902) and then Hayle Foundry Wharf, Nine Elms (1877-1902).

of 12 Victoria Street, Westminster, (1891); of Abbey Road, Merton, London, SW19, (1938).

See (Richard) Henry Young

1871 Company established in Pimlico

1877 Young's tender for an iron girder bridge over the stream at Otford (Sevenoaks) accepted

1879 Two horizontal Engines with gear drive for Leamington Spa Waterworks (Main Pumping Station)

1881 Employing 146 men and 3 boys.

1881 'THE BRONZE SPHINXES FOR CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE.
A large number of ladies and gentlemen assembled at the Eccleston Iron Works, Pimlico, belonging to Messrs. H. Young and Co., to witness the casting of the first of the two bronze sphinxes which are to be placed one on either side of Cleopatra's Needle on the Victoria Embankment. Among the company were Sir J. M’Garel-Hogg. M.P., chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works. Mr, G. Vulliamy, their architect, and number of the members of the Board. The sphinxes have been designed by Mr. Vulliamy, who during his travels in Egypt made the architecture of that country his special study. When completed, the s will be placed at the base of the needle in lino with the Embankment, one looking towards Westminster, and the other towards the City. Each sphinx will be 19ft. long 6ft. wide, and 9ft. high over all, and will weigh about seven tons. The metal used is composed of 90 parts copper and 10 parts tin, about eight tons of metal being run for each figure to allow for waste. The mould in which the figure was cast was 20ft. long, 10ft. deep, and 6ft. wide, its approximate weight, including the core, being 150 tons. On Saturday the cupola containing the molten metal, at a temperature of 2000 deg. Fah., was tapped soon after half-past twelve, the bronze being run into a 10-ton ladle. Shortly before one o’clock the molten contents of the ladle — eight tons — were successfully transferred to the mould, the running temperature being reduced to about 1950 deg. Fah. The run having been successfully effected, the visitors were shown the four wings which are to be placed one at each angles of the obelisk where it rests on the masonry base. These were also designed Mr. Vulliamy and cast in bronze by Messrs. Young, as well as the four filling pieces between the wings. Each of the filling pieces represents the cartouche of Thothmes III., the insignia being the sun, draftboard, and a beetle.'

1882 'The bronze statue of the Earl of Beaconsfield, modelled by Signor Mario Raggi, has been cast at the art foundry of Messrs. H. Young and Co., of Pimlico ....'

1895 Hydraulic and mechanical engineers.

Moved to Nine Elms; began supplying structural steel to the construction industry

Made water tower for Culford Hall, Suffolk

1925 Murray Buxton acquired a majority of the shares in the company

1935 Regional offices opened

1936 Acquired Powers and Deane Ransomes Ltd acquired. Founder member of the British Constructional Steelwork Association

1937 Durham Steelwork Ltd opened

Maker of Stable and Cowhouse Equipment and Stationary engines. (see advert)

WWII Made Bailey Bridges and sections for Mulberry Harbour. After Nine Elms works was bombed, moved to Lea Bridge

1946 Jersey Steel re-opened

1977 H. Young Structures established

1995 H. Young Structures moved to Wymondham

2024 H. Young Structures still based in Wymondham, Norfolk

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Sources of Information

• The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978. ISBN 0-903485-65-6