Catalogue description Records of John Brown and Company Ltd, steel castings manufacturer, Atlas Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield

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Title: Records of John Brown and Company Ltd, steel castings manufacturer, Atlas Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield
Description:

Contract relating to merger of three companies into John Brown and Co Ltd 1859; secretary's note book 1864-1866; papers about shares and capital 1864-1964; manager's duties 1868; furnace report book 1900-1916; discount and profit book; correspondence; diary entries; notes and cuttings; biographical notes on Sir John Brown
Date: 1864-1965
Held by: Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

John Brown and Company Ltd, Sheffield
Physical description: 102 items
Subjects:
  • Brown, Sir, John, 1816-1896, knight, pioneer of armour-plating
  • Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
  • Metal industry
Administrative / biographical background:

John Brown and Co Ltd merged with Thomas Firth and Sons Ltd in the 1930s to become Firth Brown, which itself became one of the 14 major UK steel companies that formed the British Steel Corporation in 1967.
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