District Iron and Steel Co
From Graces Guide
of District Works, Smethwick, Staffs
1867 Company established.
1892 Incorporated as a limited company.
1894 Commenced manufacture of close joint tubes.
1898 Began manufacturing fencing.
1914 Steel rolling mills, close joint and electric welded tube mills, fencing manufacturers. Employees 350. [1]
1936 Acquired by J. Brockhouse and Co whose laminated springs and railway equipment business unit was next door in Smethwick[2]
1951 Nationalised under the Iron and Steel Act; became part of the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain[3]
1953 Sold by Holding and Realization Agency to J. Brockhouse and Co[4].
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Times, Jul 10, 1936
- ↑ Hansard 19 February 1951
- ↑ The Times, 23 February 1954