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of Middlesbrough
1899 Dorman, Long and Co acquired Ayrton Rolling Mills[1]
1939 See [1] for a photo of the works
1968 British Steel announced the closure of this site with the loss of 250 jobs. This was due to the start up of the Dorman Long Lackenby Works at Middlesbrough
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