Fox, Head and Co

1870. Puddling furnace at Fox, Head and Co. Designed by J. A. Jones, R. Howson and J. Gjers.

of Newport Rolling Mills, Middlesbrough

1863 Jeremiah Head (1835-1899) and Theodore Fox founded Fox, Head, and Co., and erected the Newport Rolling Mills, Middlesbrough, for the manufacture of iron plates. Employed 600 men, and produced 400 tons of finished iron per week, using machinery which dealt with larger masses of wrought-iron than had hitherto been worked.

During the next twenty years introduced a profit-sharing scheme for the workmen, which was so successful that there were no labour disputes even during a disturbed period.

1885 the firm of Messrs. Fox, Head, and Co. was dissolved.

1888 John Hill and Co leased the plate mills of Fox, Head and Co

See Also

• 1872 Iron and Steel Institute: Statistics
• 1883 Engineering Exhibition
• 1893 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
• Archibald Potter Head
• Engineering 1870 Jan-Jun: Index: General Index
• Engineering 1888 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
• Jeremiah Head (1835-1899)
• John Allcock Jones
• John Gjers
• John Hill and Co
• Newport Rolling Mills
• Richard Howson
• The Engineer 1867/02/01
• The Engineer 1867/07/26
• The Engineer 1869/03/12
• The Engineer 1870/02/25
• The Engineer 1870/03/25
• The Engineer 1873/04/18
• The Engineer 1874/03/06
• The Engineer 1879/12/05
• The Engineer 1883/04/27
• The Engineer 1883/07/20
• The Engineer 1883/09/21
• The Engineer 1887/05/06
• The Engineer 1890/12/12
• The Engineer 1899/03/17
• Theodore Fox
• Thomas Russell Crampton
• Wrought Iron Brands