Robert Watson and Co
From Graces Guide
Robert Watson and Co of High Street, Bolton, specialists in fabrication and erection of steel work for constructions.
1933 Company founded.
1937 Constructional engineers.[1]
1952 Private company formed as Robert Watson & Co. (Successors) Ltd.
1953 Name changed.
1961 Constructional engineers, handling materials and equipment. 850 employees.[2]
1977 Specialists in constructing multi-storey car parks. Wilfred Marley of Workington, specialists in blast furnace engineering and contracting, was a subsidiary. Acquired by Fairclough Construction Group[3], which later became AMEC plc
2001 Severfield-Rowen acquired Watson Steel Structures of Bolton from AMEC.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ * 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ * 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times July 13, 1978