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Difference between revisions of "Redpath, Brown and Co"

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1900 Catalogue of steel sectional material. <ref>[[The Engineer]] of 19th October 1900 p402</ref>
1900 Catalogue of steel sectional material. <ref>[[The Engineer]] of 19th October 1900 p402</ref>


1920s [[Bolckow, Vaughan and Co]] amalgamated with [[Redpath, Brown and Co]], makers of structural steel, with works in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow<ref>Aberconway</ref>.
Early 1920s Acquired [[Darlington Rolling Mills Co]]
 
1923 [[Bolckow, Vaughan and Co]] acquired an "important interest" in [[Redpath, Brown and Co]], makers of structural steel, with works in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow<ref>Aberconway</ref>, in order to secure an outlet for finished steel<ref>The Times 30 January 1923</ref>.  


1937 Steel structural engineers and merchants. <ref>[[1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries]]</ref>
1937 Steel structural engineers and merchants. <ref>[[1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries]]</ref>

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1918. From ‘Kempes Year Book’
1918. From ‘Kempes Year Book’

of Edinburgh and London

of Trafford Park, Manchester

1802 Company founded.

1896 Public company. The company was registered on 15 October, to acquire the business of iron and steel merchants of the firm of the same name. [1]

1900 Catalogue of steel sectional material. [2]

Early 1920s Acquired Darlington Rolling Mills Co

1923 Bolckow, Vaughan and Co acquired an "important interest" in Redpath, Brown and Co, makers of structural steel, with works in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow[3], in order to secure an outlet for finished steel[4].

1937 Steel structural engineers and merchants. [5]

1961 Iron and steel merchants and constructional engineers. 2,916 employees. [6]

Sources of Information

  1. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  2. The Engineer of 19th October 1900 p402
  3. Aberconway
  4. The Times 30 January 1923
  5. 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  6. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE