Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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S. Instone and Co

From Graces Guide

of London and Cardiff

1919 Acquired Askern Colliery, near Sheffield

1920 Acquired Bedwas Navigation Steam Coal Co[1]

1922 Share issue. Own Askern Colliery, Bedwas Navigation Colliery and other assets. Directors - Sir Samuel Instone; Theodore Instone; Marcus Patrick Davis; Capt. Alfred Instone; Arthur Logan; W. H. Legrand Chambers; Gustave Instone.[2]

1927 See Aberconway Chapter 17 for information on the company and its history

1927 S. Instone and Co, Ltd., shipowners and colliery proprietors, leased the works and waterways at Silvertown that had belonged to the Thames Ironworks Co and which had been maintained by the London and North Eastern Railway since 1912. It was intended to develop the site as a shipping centre.[3]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1921/01/14
  2. Daily Express - Monday 11 December 1922
  3. The Engineer 1927/06/24