Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 115342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

William Levett and Co

From Graces Guide
Revision as of 16:47, 31 August 2020 by PaulF (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

of 51 Gracehurch St, London, cement makers (1875)[1]

William Tingey built the Beehive (1880) and the Beaver Works (1884) at Frindsbury[2]

1889 George Burge was reported to be planning to erect or acquire the Beehive Cement Works at Frindsbury[3]

1890 The Beehive works at Frindsbury were leased to William Levett.

1892 The company was formed to acquire from Mr George Burge and Messrs Burge and Hanley the Beehive works at Frindsbury and the Elmley Cement Works at Sittingbourne[4]

Soon after 1893 the company merged with McLean and Co to form McLean, Levett and Co

1894 The company was wound up.

See Also

Loading...

Sources of Information

  1. Post Office Directory
  2. Wikipedia [1]
  3. The Times Dec. 22, 1894
  4. The Times Dec. 7, 1894
  • [2] Frindsbury cement works