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of 37, Old Jewry, London, E.C.
of 37, Old Jewry, London, E.C. Public works contractors.


1891 Incorporated as a limited company.  Formed to take over the business of [[Perry, Cutbill, De Lungo and Co]]
1891 Incorporated as a limited company.  Formed to take over the business of [[Perry, Cutbill, De Lungo and Co]]


Business: The construction of all classes of Public Works, including Railways, Harbours, Floating Docks, Waterworks, &c. Jointly with R. W. Wright, Esq., the Company have constructed the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway, in South Africa, 285 kilometres in length, at a cost of £1,533,000. They also constructed for the Government of Trinidad a Floating Dock, and erected in Trinidad large Workshops fitted with the latest type of machinery for dealing with extensive alterations to Ships of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Service generally, and have recently constructed and equipped in Peru the Railway from Ancon to Sayan, with Branches to Chancay and to Huacho Port, a length of some 212 kilometres. They are now engaged upon Railway Surveys in Europe and the Colonies. Connection: United Kingdom, Foreign, Colonial. Telephone: No. 5 Bank. Telegraphic Address: " Cutbill, London." Bankers: London Joint Stock Bank, Ltd. (Lothbury Branch).  
Jointly with [[R. W. Wright]] constructed the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway, in South Africa
 
Constructed a Floating Dock for the Government of Trinidad and erected in Trinidad large Workshop for making alterations to ships of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Service  
 
Constructed and equipped in Peru the Railway from Ancon to Sayan, with Branches to Chancay and to Huacho Port.  
 


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Latest revision as of 12:48, 3 February 2017

of 37, Old Jewry, London, E.C. Public works contractors.

1891 Incorporated as a limited company. Formed to take over the business of Perry, Cutbill, De Lungo and Co

Jointly with R. W. Wright constructed the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway, in South Africa

Constructed a Floating Dock for the Government of Trinidad and erected in Trinidad large Workshop for making alterations to ships of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Service

Constructed and equipped in Peru the Railway from Ancon to Sayan, with Branches to Chancay and to Huacho Port.


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