Henry White and Co
Henry White and Co
of Pontymister, near Newport, Mon.
1879 Henry White and his partner Challingsworth were in possession of the Pontymister or Britannia Foundry.
1882 'A NEW STEEL PROCESS. Among the various attempts which have been made to improve on the Bessemer process, not the least noteworthy was the idea of using a fixed converter. .... A patent has been taken out by Mr. Griffiths which promises to get over this difficulty. A trial took place on Friday last at the works of Messrs. Nurse, Redbrook, Monmouth, with a small low-pressure fixed upright converter capable of holding about 1 ton. ..... the converter has been constructed by Mr. White, of Pontymister Steel Works, and the trials were carried out under his supervision and that of Mr. George Geen, of Newport, Mon.'[1]
1893 the Company became Henry White and Co
1897 purchased the six year old Pontymister Steel Works, previously the property of P. S. Phillips Ltd.
1917 John Paton was on the board of directors, of the then limited company.
1920 Amalgamation with Partridge, Jones and Co.
1961 The Works closed.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 17 March 1882, p.196
- Papers in Gwent Record Office [1]