Smith, Patterson and Co
Smith, Patterson and Co of Pioneer Foundry, Blaydon-on-Tyne, manufacturer of cast iron items for the railways, particularly "Chairs".
1870 Company established.
1873 Incorporated as a Limited Company.
1891 Advert. Iron and brass founders. [1]
1897 Company reconstructed and capital doubled. Incorporated as a public company
1911 Manufacturer of Railway Plant for the Railways.[2]
1914 Directory: Listed as Iron Founders. [3]
1914 Ironfounders and Engineers. Specialities: turbine and all high-class engine and other castings, sanitary castings, railway chairs, axle boxes and all kinds of castings for railway work, tunnel segments for underground railways and sewers and all descriptions of castings up to 40 tons. [4]
1933 Acquired Taylor Stoker Co
1947 Incorporated as a public company with issue of shares on the Stock Exchange; Sir Jonah Walker-Smith M Inst C E was chairman; Mr William McCall Dodds M I Mech E was general manager[5]
1954 Private company formed as Smith Patterson (Blaydon) Co. Ltd.
1954 Name changed.
1961 Engineers and ironfounders. Manufacturers of iron castings, chairs for sleepers, tunnel segments, manholes and builders' merchants castings. 400 employees. [6]
1964 The company, which was a subsidiary of General and Engineering Industries, was shut.[7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1891 Post Office London Trades Directory
- ↑ 1911 Bradshaw’s Railway Manual
- ↑ 1914 Kelly's Directory of Durham p713
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Times, October 29, 1947
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, May 26, 1964