Business History Explorer

Other Business Names:

Joliffe, W & T, & Co Ltd
Liverpool Screw Towing Co Ltd
Britannia Towing
Howard Smith Industries Ltd

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Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England

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Transport services Ship towage, lighterage, stevedoring, etc, services

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Traces origins in Liverpool to 1833. Acquired many competitors including W & T Joliffe & Co Ltd of Liverpool, Liverpool Screw Towing Co Ltd and Britannia Towing of Swansea to emerge as a national business. Acquired in 1992 by Howard Smith Industries Ltd of Hull.

Publications:

150 years of Thames Towage. Alexandra Towing Co (London) Ltd by Copeman, Sue
'Alexandra Towing centenary' in H M Hignett (ed), A Merseyside Maritime History by Brian, Clarke
Alexandra Towing Co Ltd by Hallam, Winfield B
Alexandra Towing Co Ltd. Tug owners since 1833 by Unknown
Blow Five. A history of Alexandra Towing Co Ltd by Hallam, Winfield B
Mersey Tugs by Hallam, Winfield B
Take the Strain. The Alexandra Towing Co and the British tugboat business, 1833-1987 by Nicholson, Timothy R

Alexandra Towing Co Ltd

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