Brown Bayley Steels Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Brown Bayley & Dixon
- Brown Bayley's Steel Works Ltd.
- Brearley, Harry
- Industrial Reorganisation Corp
- Dunford Hadfields Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Basic metals production
Iron, steel & related alloys production
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Transport equipment production
Railway locomotive, rolling stock & components production & repair
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Transport equipment production
Railway track, fittings, etc, production
Notes:
Established 1871 as Brown Bayley & Dixon. Built new works to exploit Bessemer process making, inter alia, railway rails, tyres, axles, springs, etc. 1873 incorporated as Brown Bayley & Dixon Ltd. 1876 reconstructed and in 1877 changed name to Brown Bayley's Steel Works Ltd. When Harry Brearley, 1871-1948, joined from Thos Firth & Co Ltd in 1915 focused on alloy and stainless steels. Reorganised late 1940s when assets for nationalisation placed in Brown Bayley Steels Ltd which was duly nationalised in 1951. Denationalised 1955 when floated as a public company in which Brown Bayley's Steel Works Ltd held a 50% interest. Not renationalised but in 1969 acquired by Industrial Reorganisation Corp and in 1973 acquired by Dunford Hadfields Ltd
Publications:
- British Iron and Steel, AD1800-2000 by Bodsworth, C (ed)
- Brown Bayleys, 1871-1971. A centenary brochure by Unknown
- Brown Bayleys. A story of development by Unknown
- Brown Bayley's Steel Works Ltd, Sheffield by Unknown
- Giants of Sheffield. The men who made Sheffield the steel capital of the world by Tweedale, Geoffrey
- 'Harry Brearley, 1871-1948. Metallurgist and discoverer of stainless steel' in Geoffrey Tweedale, Giants of Sheffield Steel. The men who made Sheffield the steel capital of the world by Tweedale, Geoffrey
- Harry Brearley centenary. A Business Extra special by Unknown
- Harry Brearley Centenary. A business extra special by Unknown
- Harry Brearley, Stainless Pioneer by Unknown
- Into the Next Hundred Years by Unknown
- Knotted String. Autobiography of a steel maker by Brearley, Harry
- Steel makers and Knotted String; with a foreword by B Brearley by Brearley, Harry; & P R Beeley & P J Beeley (eds)
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Brown Bayley & Dixon
- Brown Bayley's Steel Works Ltd.
- Brearley, Harry
- Industrial Reorganisation Corp
- Dunford Hadfields Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
- Transport equipment production Railway locomotive, rolling stock & components production & repair
- Transport equipment production Railway track, fittings, etc, production
Notes:
Established 1871 as Brown Bayley & Dixon. Built new works to exploit Bessemer process making, inter alia, railway rails, tyres, axles, springs, etc. 1873 incorporated as Brown Bayley & Dixon Ltd. 1876 reconstructed and in 1877 changed name to Brown Bayley's Steel Works Ltd. When Harry Brearley, 1871-1948, joined from Thos Firth & Co Ltd in 1915 focused on alloy and stainless steels. Reorganised late 1940s when assets for nationalisation placed in Brown Bayley Steels Ltd which was duly nationalised in 1951. Denationalised 1955 when floated as a public company in which Brown Bayley's Steel Works Ltd held a 50% interest. Not renationalised but in 1969 acquired by Industrial Reorganisation Corp and in 1973 acquired by Dunford Hadfields LtdPublications:
- British Iron and Steel, AD1800-2000 by Bodsworth, C (ed)
- Brown Bayleys, 1871-1971. A centenary brochure by Unknown
- Brown Bayleys. A story of development by Unknown
- Brown Bayley's Steel Works Ltd, Sheffield by Unknown
- Giants of Sheffield. The men who made Sheffield the steel capital of the world by Tweedale, Geoffrey
- 'Harry Brearley, 1871-1948. Metallurgist and discoverer of stainless steel' in Geoffrey Tweedale, Giants of Sheffield Steel. The men who made Sheffield the steel capital of the world by Tweedale, Geoffrey
- Harry Brearley centenary. A Business Extra special by Unknown
- Harry Brearley Centenary. A business extra special by Unknown
- Harry Brearley, Stainless Pioneer by Unknown
- Into the Next Hundred Years by Unknown
- Knotted String. Autobiography of a steel maker by Brearley, Harry
- Steel makers and Knotted String; with a foreword by B Brearley by Brearley, Harry; & P R Beeley & P J Beeley (eds)