Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,241 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Holst and Co

From Graces Guide

1934 Incorporated as a private company, reinforced concrete engineers and contractors[1]

1956 Public placing of shares; the company designed and constructed reinforced concrete structures; their customers were mainly in the steel, chemical and nationalised industries [2]

1963 Contracted to build what might be the largest concrete chimney in the world for Eggborough Power Station[3]

1969 Acquired by Norwest Construction to form Norwest Holst


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Apr. 3, 1934
  2. The Times May 2, 1956
  3. The Times Aug. 12, 1963