North Central Wagon Co
of Domine Lane, Fullerton Road, Rotherham
1861 The company was established.
A group of astute investors see the business possibilities in leasing wagons to local railway companies, collieries and quarries. A black diamond representing a lump of coal was adopted as the company's symbol.[1]
1894 The company was registered as a limited company on 31 March. [2]
1901 North Central Wagon Co were Railway Wagon Builders. [3]
1913 One of 15 established companies involved in manufacture and hiring-out of railway rolling stock[4]
1914 Railway wagon financiers, maintainers and repairers. Specialities: financing and maintaining of railway wagons, conversion of dead buffer stock, manufacture of self-contained spring buffers. [5]
1918 Wagon Repairs founded to acquire the wagon-repairing business of various wagon-building firms including the North Central Wagon Co.
1948 After the nationalisation of the railways, the company became North Central Wagon and Finance Co.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Wikipedia
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ White's Directory of Sheffield and Rotherham, 1901 p980
- ↑ The Times, Sep 20, 1913
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book