Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of Bilston
Early 1850s: Alfred Hickman acquired the blast furnaces at Spring Vale near Bilston, which he expanded. Thus "Hickman's Iron Works" is short-hand for the Springvale Furnaces
Josiah Parkes (b. 1824- ) was apprenticed to Hickman's Iron Works in Bilston.
1897 The Staffordshire Steel and Ingot Iron Co was amalgamated with the Springvale Furnaces to become Alfred Hickman; the Spring Vale site continued to expand.
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