James Royston, Son and Co
From Graces Guide
of Shroggs Wire Mills, Halifax
- 1797 Company established.
- 1857 The company made a large portion of the wire required for the first Atlantic cable.
- 1891 Advert. [1]
- 1897 Company established.
- 1898 The company was registered on 3 March, to take over the business of wire manufacturers of the firm of the same name. [2]
- 1914 Manufacturers of all kinds of iron and steel wire, tinners and galvanizers. Specialities: steel wire for ropes; all classes of cast steel, hardened and tempered steel mild steel, Bessemer charcoal, iron wire. Employees 300. [3]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Post Office London Trades Directory, 1891
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book