Bainbridge, Emerson

Sectors:

  • Extraction Coal extraction
  • Transport services Railway transport services exc private & industrial railways

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Emerson Bainbridge, 1845-1911, was born in Newcastle upon Tyne where he was connected with the family owning Bainbridge & Co Ltd, department store operators. 1870 arrived in Sheffield where he was soon involved in coal mining, notably Nunnery Colliery, leased from Duke of Norfolk. Here he converted the business to Nunnery Colliery Co Ltd of which he was Managing Director. Thereafter involved in many Sheffield businesses touching on coal mining, notably Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway Co of which he was a promoter. Emerged as a leading Sheffield businessman

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