John Wilkes
From Graces Guide
of Birmingham
of Bordesley Tube Mills, Liverpool Street, Birmingham. (1875)
1835 of Stafford Street, Birmingham, supplier of plumbers materials
1849 Directory: Listed as Tube Makers [1] of Liverpool Street, Birmingham
Supplied the high conductivity wire for the first Atlantic cable (assuming it was this predecessor of the later company).
1891 The company of John Wilkes, Sons and Mapplebeck was registered on 14 December, to acquire the business of metal rollers, copper smelters, refiners of John Wilkes and Sons and John Wilkes, Mapplebeck and Co of Birmingham. [2]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ History and Directory of Birmingham, 1849: Tube Makers
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908