J. H. Sankey and Son
of Essex Wharf, Canning Town, London, E and The Hill, Ilford, Essex.
of Refractories Works, Ilford
1857 Company established.
1894 Issued catalogue of Sanitary Stoneware, Pipes, Gulleys, Traps etc. [1]
1914 Merchants and exporters of best English Portland cement, lime, slates, bricks, firegoods etc. Specialities: cement, lime, bricks, slates, tiles, sanitary and fireclay goods. [2]
1949 Advert Sankey's Pyruma Plastic Cement.
By 1965 was a subsidiary of Sisalkraft Holdings which was owned by the St Regis Paper Co (U.S.A.). Formed a joint venture with the National Coal Board to carry on the business of suppliers of solid fuel appliances, central heating equipment distributors and builders' merchants.[3]
1962 the business of Sisalkraft Holdings was acquired by Sankey, making Sankley 70 percent owned by St Regis Paper Co (U.S.A.)[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 27th April 1894 p360
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Times Feb. 4, 1965
- ↑ The Times June 19, 1962