Allen, Edgar, & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Allen, Edgar
- Jones, G R
- Jessop Saville & Co Ltd.
- Balfour Beatty Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Hand inc edge tool production
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Basic metals production
Iron, steel & related alloys production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal casting
Notes:
Traced origins to 1860s by Edgar Allen and G R Jones when operated as an iron and steel business. Incorporated 1900. Developed variously as a manganese and steel castings manufacturer, manufacturer of engineer cutting tools, metal fabricators, manufacturers of railway track, etc. 1960s reorganised and acquired foundry interests of Jessop Saville & Co Ltd. In recent years specialised in railway track design and manufacture. 2006 acquired by Balfour Beatty Plc
Publications:
- British Iron and Steel, AD1800-2000 by Bodsworth, C (ed)
- Edgar Allen & Co Ltd by Unknown
- 'Edgar Allen & Co Ltd, Imperial Steel Works' in Iron, Steel and Allied Trades, Sheffield, 1905. Industries of Sheffield and district by Unknown
- Edgar Allen Steel Foundry Book by Unknown
- Story of a great steel firm by Simons, Eric N
- 'Transatlantic speciality steels. Sheffield high grade steel firms and the USA, 1860-1940' in G Jones (ed), British Multinationals. Origins, management and performance by Tweedale, Geoffrey
- Visit to the Works of Edgar Allen & Co Ltd, Sheffield by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Allen, Edgar
- Jones, G R
- Jessop Saville & Co Ltd.
- Balfour Beatty Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Hand inc edge tool production
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal casting
Notes:
Traced origins to 1860s by Edgar Allen and G R Jones when operated as an iron and steel business. Incorporated 1900. Developed variously as a manganese and steel castings manufacturer, manufacturer of engineer cutting tools, metal fabricators, manufacturers of railway track, etc. 1960s reorganised and acquired foundry interests of Jessop Saville & Co Ltd. In recent years specialised in railway track design and manufacture. 2006 acquired by Balfour Beatty PlcPublications:
- British Iron and Steel, AD1800-2000 by Bodsworth, C (ed)
- Edgar Allen & Co Ltd by Unknown
- 'Edgar Allen & Co Ltd, Imperial Steel Works' in Iron, Steel and Allied Trades, Sheffield, 1905. Industries of Sheffield and district by Unknown
- Edgar Allen Steel Foundry Book by Unknown
- Story of a great steel firm by Simons, Eric N
- 'Transatlantic speciality steels. Sheffield high grade steel firms and the USA, 1860-1940' in G Jones (ed), British Multinationals. Origins, management and performance by Tweedale, Geoffrey
- Visit to the Works of Edgar Allen & Co Ltd, Sheffield by Unknown