Catalogue description Records of Firth Brown Tools Ltd

This record is held by Hawley Collection at Kelham Island Museum

Details of FIR
Reference: FIR
Title: Records of Firth Brown Tools Ltd
Description:

Miscellaneous papers, correspondence, copy quotation and orders relating to drills and the Dreadnought file milling machine. Also technical drawings of Dreadnought file milling machine 1950-1954 [TD67-69].
Date: 1950-1961
Held by: Hawley Collection at Kelham Island Museum, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Firth Brown Tools Ltd of Carlisle Street, Sheffield
Physical description: 1 folder
Subjects:
  • Thomas Firth, merchants and manufacturers of files, saws and edge tools
  • John Brown and Company Ltd
  • Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
  • Metal industry
Administrative / biographical background:

The company was established after World War II, developing from the business active from c1850 by Thomas Firth and Sons and the firm of John Brown and Company Ltd, which had merged to form Firth Brown in the 1930s.
Link to NRA Record:

Have you found an error with this catalogue description?

Help with your research