Cravens


Cravens of Staniforth Road, Darnall, Sheffield
formerly Craven Brothers and Co
1891 Public company; Cravens Ltd
1901 Railway Carriage Builders[1]
1911 Manufacturer of Carriages and Wagons for the Railways.[2]
1914 Manufacturers of railway carriages and wagons. Specialities: high class rolling stock of every description including Pullman cars, wheels and axles, iron work. Employees 800 to 1,000. [3]
1919 Name changed to Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Co
See Also
- 1914 Whitakers Red Book: R
- 1914 Who's Who in Business: Company C
- 1918 Directory of Manufacturers in Engineering and Allied Trades: Company C
- Alfred Craven
- Craven Brothers and Co
- Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Co
- Engineering 1965 Jul-Dec: Index
- Joseph Craven
- The Engineer 1910/12/23
- Thomas Wharton Ford
- William Ernest Laycock
- William Samuel Laycock
Sources of Information
- ↑ White's Directory of Sheffield and Rotherham, 1901 p979
- ↑ Bradshaw’s Railway Manual 1911
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book