Holman, Michell and Co
of Cornwall Lead and Metal Works, St. Helens and of Wakefield
1886 Partnership change. '... the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Stephen Holman, Andrew Harpur Michell, sen., Andrew Harpur Michell, jun., and Matthew Rogers, carrying on business as Lead Manufacturers and Merchants, at Cornwall Works, St. Helen's, under the style or firm of Holman, Rogers, Michell, and Co., has been dissolved, by mutual consent, as and from the 24th day of February, 1886, so far as concerns the said Matthew Rogers, who retires from the firm...'[1]
1886 Advertising as Lead Refiners, Manufacturers and merchants.
1891 Partnership change. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Stephen Holman and Andrew Harpur Michell the younger, carrying on business as Manufacturers of Sheet and Pipe Lead at the Cornwall Lead and Metal Works, at St. Helen's, in the county o£ Lancaster, under the style or firm of the Cornwall Lead and Metal Works, has been dissolved, by mutual consent, as and from the 31st day of December, 1890. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said Andrew Harpur Michell the younger...'[2]
1918 Company registered. 'A private company with the title of Holman, Michell and Co., Ltd., has just been registered with a capital of £30,000 in £1 shares, to take over the business of lead refiners, manufacturers and merchants formerly carried on by the late A. H. Michell, and recently by his executors, at the Cornwall Lead and Metal Works, St. Helens, as “Holman, Michell and Co.” The subscribers (each with one share) are:— C. H. Michell, Rutland House, Cowley Hill, St. Helens, lead manufacturer; A. H. Michell, Merriedale, Church-road, Huyton, lead manufacturer; E. L. Michell, The Hollies, St. Helens, engineer. The first directors are: (C. H. Michell, A. H. Michell, and E. L. Michell. Registered Office: Cornwall Lead and Metal Works, Salisbury-street, St. Helens. '.[3]
1920 'It was recently decided to convert a lead sheet rolling mill at the works of Messrs. Holman, Mitchell and Co., Limited, St. Helens, from steam drive, involving a separate small boiler and engine, to electric drive. The mill has rolls 9 ft. long by 23 in. in diameter, and is fitted with hand-operated screwdown gear. It has two sets of live rolls, three rolls to each set, driven by the rolling mill motor through gearing. The conversion from steam to electric drive was carried out by the Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company, Limited, and the new equipment consists of a 90-h.p. mill motor, a 75-kw. motor generator consists of a 90-h.p. mill motor, a 75-kw. motor generator set with 2-ton flywheel and the necessary Ward-Leonard control gear. This system was adopted in preference to the single machine drive with reduction gear, and reversing by means of a reversing controller of the contactor or drum type, or reversing by means of reversing gear and friction clutches. The mill was designed to roll ingots approximately 9 ft. by 8 ft. by 6 in. down to 1-in. slab, in 130 passes, in 25 minutes;....'[4]
1954 David Michell is Joint MD.
1983 Remain trading. Advertising for staff
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:2 March 1886 Issue:25564 Page:1048
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:13 February 1891 Issue:26134 Page:833
- ↑ St. Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Friday 29 March 1918
- ↑ Engineering 1920/02/13