Charles Cammell and Co
Charles Cammell and Co, of Cyclops Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield.
formerly Johnson, Cammell and Co
1856 Mention as Charles Cammell and Co [1]
1861 Started to make rails and railway material
1863 Began making armour plates.
1863 The business had now grown so large as to necessitate further extension and development of the works so additional works were erected at Grimesthorpe, near Sheffield
1864 Mention as Charles Cammell and Co [2]
1864 The business was converted into a limited company with George Wilson as managing director, and Mr. Alexander Wilson as his assistant.
1865 Became a publicly quoted company
1865 Acquired the Yorkshire Steel and Iron Works, at Penistone.
1866 Mention as Charles Cammell and Co (Limited) of Cyclops Steel and Iron Works [3]
1870 Factory opened in Dronfield, manufacturing railway wheels and steel rails (see Wilson, Cammell and Co).
1873 Acquired the Oaks Colliery, near Barnsley, thus ensuring supplies of their various raw material
1873 BA meeting: Cammell and Co
1875 Death of Thomas Broadley age 76 'upwards of 25 years in the employ of Charles Cammell and Co' [4]
1876 Of Cyclops Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield; the Yorkshire Steel Works, Penistone; and the Oaks Collieries near Barnsley.
1878 Sheffield supplier of armoured plate to the Italian warship Duilio
1879 Death of Charles Cammell Founder and Chairman; George Wilson succeeded him
1880 Armoured plate for naval vessels
1882 The company abandoned the steel rail trade in the Midlands and established an extensive plant at Workington; the combination of Dronfield Steel Works and the Derwent Iron Co was called Derwent Steel and Iron Works at Workington.[5]
1885 Death of George Wilson, Chairman and Managing Director [6]. Succeeded by his brother, Alexander, who was appointed managing director and deputy chairman.
1885 Company consisted of [7]
- Cyclops Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield
- Grimesthorpe Ordnance, Tyre and Spring works, Sheffield
- Yorkshire Steel Works at Penistone
- Derwent Steel and Iron Works at Workington
- Old and new Oaks Collieries, near Barnsley
- Other iron mines near Whitehaven.
1894 John Barker, the manager of Grimesthorpe, retired after 45 years service.
1896 The Solway Works of Beckermet Mining Co were bought by the company
1898 Became a public company as Charles Cammell and Co. The company was re-registered on 4 January in connection with a reconstruction of the capital.
1901 Of Cyclops Works, Saville Street, Saville Street East and Carlisle Street East and Ordinance Steel Works, Grimesthorpe; and Yorkshire Iron and Steel works, Penistone and Derwent blast furnaces, iron and steel works, Workington; Solway Iron Works, Maryport and Old and New Oaks collieries, Barnsley were boiler and ship plate manufacturers
1903 Agreement made between Mulliner-Wigley Co and Charles Cammell and Co to ensure supply of high quality steel to the Coventry Ordnance Co[8]. Mr H. H. Mulliner is to join the board. [9]
1903 Took over the Birkenhead shipbuilding yards of Laird Brothers and this became Cammell, Laird and Co
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent. Supplement. Saturday, October 25, 1856
- ↑ The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent. Supplement. Monday, November 07, 1864
- ↑ The Times, Monday, Feb 19, 1866
- ↑ The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), October 28, 1876
- ↑ The Times, Mar 21, 1882
- ↑ The Leeds Mercury, Wednesday, December 2, 1885
- ↑ The Times, Wednesday, Dec 02, 1885
- ↑ London Gazette 20 March 1903
- ↑ The Engineer 1903/03/20 p 302.
- 1901 White's Directory of Sheffield and Rotherham p849
- The Engineer of 27th July 1894 p91
- The Engineer of 22nd December 1876 p439