Silley Cox and Co
Silley Cox and Co of Falmouth
Main business was ship repairing and engineering.
1868 Company formed.
1909 Cox and Company (Engineers) Limited was incorporated on 29th May.[1]
1918 Built a railway steam locomotive with vertical boiler.
1918 R. H. Green and Silley Weir took over Cox and Co of Falmouth
1937 Having had a close association with R H Green and Sillwey Weir for some years, it was decided to change the name of Cox and Company (Engineers) to Silley Cox and Co[2]
1939 Name changed.[3]
1949 Acquired Falmouth Docks and Engineering Co Ltd from R. and H. Green and Silley Weir Ltd
1961 Marine engineers, brass and iron founders, boiler makers and ship repairers. 2,500 employees.
1975 As the ship-repair arm of P&O interested in the possession of a dry-dock, was identified as a firm to be nationalised[4]
- The National Maritime Museum has a photograph of a sign that reads: "R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd., London Silley, Cox & Co. Ltd. Falmouth"
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00103287
- ↑ The Times Nov. 1, 1937
- ↑ Companies house filing
- ↑ The Times Mar. 18, 1975
- L. A. Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records (1992)
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE