Samuel Marsden and Son
Samuel Marsden and Son of Altrincham St, London Road, Manchester.
of Wellington Works, Wellington Road, Ashton-under-Lyne.
The 1915/1922 O.S. map shows the 'Manchester Nut & Bolt Works' bounded by the curving River Medlock, by Lower Albion Street, and by Altrincham Street (running immediately alongside the railway viaduct) [1]
1845 Company established by Samuel Marsden
1850 Samuel Marsden listed as a screw bolt manufacturer at 8, Zara Street, Manchester in Slater's Directory of Manchester & Salford, 1850. Zara Street was later renamed Sackville Street. Marsden's premises were on the west side of the street, while on the opposite side was a canal wharf, behind which was the works of Joseph Whitworth and Co. Business neighbours of Marsden's included Peter Sutton & Brothers (spindle makers) at No. 10 and Joseph Sires (tinplate worker) at No. 2 Zara St. The 1849 O.S. map shows no buildings on the west side of the street at that time.
1879 Listed in Slater's Directory of Manchester & Salford, 1879, Part 1: Located at Manchester Screw Bolt Works, Altrincham Street, London Road. Home address of Benjamin Marsden (screw bolt maker) given as 'Westleigh', Heaton Mersey.
1898 Incorporated as a Limited Company. The company was registered on 26 November, to take over the business of bolt and nut manufacturers of a private company of the same name. [2]
1913 Advert. Manufacturers of black and bright bolts, studs and nuts etc. [3]
1914 Manufacturers of Black and Bright Bolts, Nuts and Studs etc. Employees 400. [4]
1917 Advert. Manufacturers of black and bright bolts, studs and nuts etc. [5]
1919 Advert. Manufacturers of black and bright bolts, studs and nuts etc. [6]
1937 Manufacturers and suppliers in Great Britain. Bolt and nut manufacturers. [7]
1960 A photograph shows that the grim-looking factory had two distinct aspects: a multi-storey mill-type building adjacent to Altrincham Street, presumably containing the machine tools, and a lower group of buildings with chimneys and ventilated roofs, indicating that forging of hot metal went on in there. [8]. The factory can also be seen in this 1957 photo, taken from Echo Street.
1960s The company moved to Ashton-under-Lyne.
1968 Acquired by London Merchant Securities.[9]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Godfrey Edition Old Ordnance Survey Maps: 'Manchester (SE) 1915' [1]
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1913. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p11
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1917. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p23
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p31
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ [2] 1960 photograph in Manchester City Council’s Manchester Local Image Collection, Identifier: m00181
- ↑ The Times, April 30, 1968