Smith and Forrest
of Holt Town Oil Works, Manchester.
1864 Company established.
1869 'The blood produced the Edinburgh Slaughter-houses has been let to Messrs. Smith and Forrest, manufacturing chemists, Holt-town, Manchester, who likewise have the contract for Leith. We believe the gain, as compared with the last year’s contract, will be something like £8OO. The period for which Messrs. Smith and Forrest have tendered is three years.'[1]
1870 Partnership dissolved: A. Smith, A. Forrest, W. Sproull.[2]
1876 Advert: 'SMITH and FORREST, Home Trade and Export, MINERAL and ROSIN OIL DISTILLERS, Grease, Varnish, and Blood Albumen Manufacturers, HOLT TOWN, MANCHESTER.'[3]
Supplier of Rosin, Mineral Shale, Petroleum, and Coal Tar.
1880 Exhibited their patent concentrator for dealing with night soil by the method adopted at the Manchester Health Committee's Works
1914 Manufacturers of oil, grease, varnish and chemicals; tar and resin distillers; ship chandlers. Specialities: black varnishes, colliery lubricants, motor greases, electrical lubricants. Employees 60. [4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Teesdale Mercury, 8 December 1869
- ↑ Nottinghamshire Guardian, 25 March 1870
- ↑ Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser, 10 June 1876
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book