Level | Item |
Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | SMT6/14 |
Extent | 1 file |
Title | PAPERS OF FRANK HODGES: IRON AND STEEL |
Date | 26 May 1930 - 22 Nov 1933 |
Admin History | Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major manufacturing company founded in 1847. Headquartered in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong Whitworth engaged in the construction of armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles, and aircraft.
British (Guest, Keen, Baldwins) Iron & Steel Company Limited: Baldwins Limited, which had acquired the Port Talbot works of the Port Talbot Iron & Steel Co Ltd in 1906, merged in 1930 with the heavy steel side of Guest Keen & Nettlefolds to create the British (Guest, Keen, Baldwins) Iron & Steel Company Limited. |
Description | Correspondence, memoranda, and press cuttings relating to iron and steel companies, including Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd, Partington Iron and Steel Co Ltd, and British (Guest, Keen, Baldwins) Steel Co; list of principal firms in the steel industry arranged geographically. |