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1973 British Steel planned to concentrate manufacture of a new type of spring at Tinsley Park, closing the old spring production facility at Stocksbridge<ref>The Times Aug. 17, 1973</ref> | 1973 British Steel planned to concentrate manufacture of a new type of spring at Tinsley Park, closing the old spring production facility at Stocksbridge<ref>The Times Aug. 17, 1973</ref> | ||
1974 Stocksbridge was reprieved and would continue to make leaf springs<ref>The Times May 25, 1974</ref> | |||
1974 The under-utilised bar mills were to be sold off to a private joint venture company, [[Sheffield Rolling Mills]], owned 45 percent by British Steel, 38 percent by [[Balfour and Darwins|Darwins]] and 17 percent by [[James Neill and Co (Sheffield)|James Neill Holdings]]; ownership of the bloom and billet mills stayed with the rest of the steel works as part of British Steel<ref>The Times Sept. 19, 1968</ref> | 1974 The under-utilised bar mills were to be sold off to a private joint venture company, [[Sheffield Rolling Mills]], owned 45 percent by British Steel, 38 percent by [[Balfour and Darwins|Darwins]] and 17 percent by [[James Neill and Co (Sheffield)|James Neill Holdings]]; ownership of the bloom and billet mills stayed with the rest of the steel works as part of British Steel<ref>The Times Sept. 19, 1968</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:35, 17 February 2025
Tinsley Park Steelworks
1963 Formally opened by the Duke of Edinburgh on behalf of English Steel Corporation[1]
1967 Became part of British Steel on nationalisation
1973 British Steel planned to build its new stainless steel manufacturing plant on the Tinsley Park site[2]
1973 British Steel planned to concentrate manufacture of a new type of spring at Tinsley Park, closing the old spring production facility at Stocksbridge[3]
1974 Stocksbridge was reprieved and would continue to make leaf springs[4]
1974 The under-utilised bar mills were to be sold off to a private joint venture company, Sheffield Rolling Mills, owned 45 percent by British Steel, 38 percent by Darwins and 17 percent by James Neill Holdings; ownership of the bloom and billet mills stayed with the rest of the steel works as part of British Steel[5]
1985 British Steel's Tinsley Park special steels complex included the Tinsley Park works, the Stocksbridge Works and Aldwarke Works[6]