Steel Manufacturers, of Clarence Steel Works, Sheffield.
1883 Established by Thomas Swift Levick to manufacture high grade special steels.
1891 (1 May) - Partnership with William McGillivray and George R Austin as steel and file manufacturers at Albany Works, Levenson Street, Sheffield, dissolved. T S Levick to continue alone and to rename the works Clarence Works. [1]
1912 Started to make metal permanent magnets
1922 Manufactured crucible cast steels for engineers tools, high-speed steels, alloy steels made by electric furnace, forgings, permanent magnets, files, hammers, etc
1937 Steel and magnet manufacturers. "Foremost 467" Stainless Steel.[2]
1976 Acquired by Duport
1978 Closure of the specialist steel production - the last in Sheffield; production of permanent magnets and magnet assemblies would continue[3]
1982 Swift Levick Magnets became part of Magnetic Materials Group
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ London Gazette - 5 May 1891
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Engineer 1978