William Jessop and Sons
of Brightside Works, Park Works and Soho Works, Sheffield
1774 Company established.
1830 Company took the name William Jessop and Sons
1875 The company was registered on 14 December, to take over the business of the firm of this name as ironmasters, smelters, engineers, ironfounders and manufacturers. [1]
1876 Announce they are concentrating all their workman at the Brightside Works. [2]
1887 Death of Thomas Jessop; William Jessop became chairman
1890 Received two large hammer blocks weighing 50 tons each from the manufacturers Sheepbridge Iron Works and being erected by Thwaites Brothers of Bradford. [3]
1894 Improvements to their works. [4]
1894 New type of Siemens-Martin furnace. [5]
1914 Steel manufacturers. Specialities: high-grade crucible steel for every purpose, producers of steel forgings and steel castings in the rough or finished state up to sixty tons weight for marine, railway, mining, electrical and general engineering and for motor vehicle construction. Employees 2,000. [6]
1927 See Aberconway for information on the company and its history.
1937 Steel manufacturers. "Ark" and "B4 Any" Steels. [7]
Associated with J. J. Saville and Co to become Jessop-Saville.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Engineer of 22nd September 1876 p214
- ↑ The Engineer of 21st February 1890 p161
- ↑ The Engineer of 31st August 1894 p201
- ↑ The Engineer of 14th December 1894 p537
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries