Distington Hematite Iron Co
of Distington Works, Cumberland
1881 The company was registered on 8 December. [1]
1909 Explosion of four boilers out of a range of eleven. See photo.[2]
1927 Owned by United Steel Companies
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ 'The Distington Multiple Boiler Explosion and other Multiple Boiler Explosions' by Edward George Hiller, National Boiler and General Insurance Co Ltd