Robert Watson and Co
Robert Watson and Co of High Street, Bolton, specialists in fabrication and erection of steel work for constructions.
1933 Company founded.
1937 Constructional engineers.[1]
1952 Private company formed as Robert Watson & Co. (Successors) Ltd.
1953 Name changed.
1961 Constructional engineers, handling materials and equipment. 850 employees.[2]
1977 Specialists in constructing multi-storey car parks. Wilfred Marley of Workington, specialists in blast furnace engineering and contracting, was a subsidiary. Acquired by Fairclough Construction Group[3], which later became AMEC plc
2001 Severfield-Rowen acquired Watson Steel Structures of Bolton from AMEC.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ * 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ * 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times July 13, 1978