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[[image:Im1872v13-p016bf.jpg |thumb| January 1872. ]] | [[image:Im1872v13-p016bf.jpg |thumb| January 1872. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im1890Kellys-Whitecross.jpg|thumb| 1890]] | [[Image:Im1890Kellys-Whitecross.jpg|thumb| 1890]] | ||
[[image:Im20160905RB-Whitecross.jpg |thumb| c1912? Found near Upington, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.]] | |||
[[Image:ImWhitecrossCo.jpg|thumb| Whitecross label dug up in a garden. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im1912Ry-WhiteX.jpg |thumb|1912 ]] | [[Image:Im1912Ry-WhiteX.jpg |thumb|1912 ]] | ||
[[Image:Im1917Wire-Whitecross.jpg|thumb| 1917]] | [[Image:Im1917Wire-Whitecross.jpg|thumb| 1917]] | ||
[[Image:Im1921Eng-Whitecross.jpg|thumb| 1921. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im1926EYB-White.jpg|thumb| 1926. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im1937Eng-Whitecross.jpg|thumb| 1937. ]] | |||
[[image:ImIDH1938-LogoWhitecross2.jpg |thumb| 1938.]] | |||
[[image:ImIDH1938-LogoWhitecross.jpg |thumb| 1938.]] | |||
[[Image:Im19291206Eng-Whitecross.jpg|thumb| December 1929. ]] | |||
[[image:Im1940Ry-WhiteX.jpg|thumb| 1940. ]] | [[image:Im1940Ry-WhiteX.jpg|thumb| 1940. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im1943EYB-Whitecross.jpg|thumb| 1943]] | [[Image:Im1943EYB-Whitecross.jpg|thumb| 1943]] | ||
[[Image:Im1950BIF8-White.jpg|thumb| 1950. ]] | |||
[[Image:Im1951Benn-Whitecross1.jpg|thumb|1951]] | [[Image:Im1951Benn-Whitecross1.jpg|thumb|1951]] | ||
[[image:Im1960v210-p168bd.jpg|thumb| 1960. ]] | [[image:Im1960v210-p168bd.jpg|thumb| 1960. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im1961Ben4-White.jpg|thumb| 1961.]] | |||
'''Whitecross Company''' of Warrington | [[Image:ImWhiteX-20200904-LC1.jpg|thumb| Wiring gauge discovered in Uruquay in 2020. ]] | ||
[[Image:ImWhiteX-20200904-LC2.jpg|thumb| Wiring gauge discovered in Uruquay in 2020. ]] | |||
'''Whitecross Company''' of Milner Street, Warrington. | |||
1864 Incorporated as a limited company. | 1864 Incorporated as a limited company. | ||
1872 | 1872 [[Whitecross Wire Co|Whitecross Wire Company]] (see January 1872 advert) | ||
1885 Name changed to Whitecross Company. | |||
1914 Wire manufacturers and galvanizers. Specialities: iron and steel rolled and drawn wires, patent steel wires, barb wire, wire ropes, wire nails, wire netting. Employees 1,500. <ref>[[1914 Whitakers Red Book]]</ref> | 1914 Wire manufacturers and galvanizers. Specialities: iron and steel rolled and drawn wires, patent steel wires, barb wire, wire ropes, wire nails, wire netting. Employees 1,500. <ref>[[1914 Whitakers Red Book]]</ref> | ||
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[[Category: Town - Warrington]] | [[Category: Town - Warrington]] | ||
[[Category: Ropes, Wires and Cables (non-electrical)]] | [[Category: Ropes, Wires and Cables (non-electrical)]] | ||
[[Category: Galvanizers]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:38, 9 May 2024
Whitecross Company of Milner Street, Warrington.
1864 Incorporated as a limited company.
1872 Whitecross Wire Company (see January 1872 advert)
1885 Name changed to Whitecross Company.
1914 Wire manufacturers and galvanizers. Specialities: iron and steel rolled and drawn wires, patent steel wires, barb wire, wire ropes, wire nails, wire netting. Employees 1,500. [1]
1920 Wire rod rolling mill. [2]
1932 Lancashire Steel Corporation acquired Whitecross Co of Warrington[3].
1935 See Whitecross Co:1935 Review
1937 Supplier of Tru-Lay Ropes[4]
1960 Steel wire ropes. [5]
1967 Nationalisation of Lancashire Steel which became part of British Steel
1973 British Steel sold its carbon- and mild-steel wire-making activities at Warrington (Rylands and Whitecross) and at Middlesbrough (Dorman Long) into a new company Rylands-Whitecross, jointly owned by Tinsley Wire Industries and British Ropes[6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Engineer of 10th September 1920 p251
- ↑ The Times, 20 December 1932
- ↑ The Times, Jul 15, 1937
- ↑ Mining Year Book 1960. Published by Walter E. Skinner. Advert p
- ↑ The Times, Aug 17, 1973