Baldwins: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 11:03, 22 October 2008

of Wind Street, Swansea. Works: King's Dock, Swansea; Mansel, Port Talbot; Wern, Briton Ferry

1902 The company was established and registered on 7 April, to acquire the businesses of iron and steel manufacturers, and colliery and iron proprietors, of E. P. and W. Baldwin, Wright, Butler and Co, Alfred Baldwin and Co, the Bryn Navigation Colliery Co and the Blackwall Galvanised Iron Co. ^[1]

1914 Iron masters and colliery proprietors. Specialities: round, square and hoop iron; bar, angle and tee steel; black and galvanized sheets, tinned sheets, tinplates etc. Employees 6,000. ^[2]

1937 British Industries Fair Advert for Welsh Tinplate Works. (Engineering/Metals/Quarry, Roads and Mining/Transport Section - Stand No. D.328). ^[3]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 of Wind Street, Swansea. Works: King's Dock, Swansea; Mansel, Port Talbot; Wern, Briton Ferry
-* 1902 The company was registered on 7 April, to acquire the businesses of iron and steel manufacturers, and colliery and iron proprietors, of [[E. P. Baldwin]], [[Wright, Butler and Co]], [[Alfred Baldwin and Co]], the [[Bryn Navigation Colliery Co]] and the [[Blackwall Galvanised Iron Co]]. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref>
+* 1902 The company was established and registered on 7 April, to acquire the businesses of iron and steel manufacturers, and colliery and iron proprietors, of [[E. P. and W. Baldwin]], [[Wright, Butler and Co]], [[Alfred Baldwin and Co]], the [[Bryn Navigation Colliery Co]] and the [[Blackwall Galvanised Iron Co]]. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref>
+* 1914 Iron masters and colliery proprietors. Specialities: round, square and hoop iron; bar, angle and tee steel; black and galvanized sheets, tinned sheets, tinplates etc. Employees 6,000. <ref>[[1914 Whitakers Red Book]]</ref>
 * 1927 See [[The Basic Industries of Great Britain by Aberconway: Chapter XVII|Aberconway Chapter 17]] for information on the company and its history.