Fellows Morton & Clayton Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Fellows, James
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Tipton, Sandwell, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Transport services
Inland navigations carrier services
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Transport equipment production
Small craft building & repairing exc ships
Notes:
Traced origins to James Fellows, d1854, who in 1837 established a canal carrying business at West Bromwich, moving to Tipton in 1841. c1876 known as Fellows Morton & Co and as Fellows Morton & Clayton Ltd from 1889. Expanded by acquisition of smaller canal carrying businesses. Also sometime built canal boats. In decline in 20th century and in liquidation 1947. Assets subsequently acquired by British Transport Commission
Publications:
- Canal boatmen's strike of 1923 by Sherwood, K B
- FMC. A short history of Fellows Morton & Clayton Ltd by Faulkner, Alan H
- Reuben Farley. The man of West Bromwich by Lawley, Pauline, & Anne Wilkins
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Fellows, James
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Tipton, Sandwell, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Transport services Inland navigations carrier services
- Transport equipment production Small craft building & repairing exc ships
Notes:
Traced origins to James Fellows, d1854, who in 1837 established a canal carrying business at West Bromwich, moving to Tipton in 1841. c1876 known as Fellows Morton & Co and as Fellows Morton & Clayton Ltd from 1889. Expanded by acquisition of smaller canal carrying businesses. Also sometime built canal boats. In decline in 20th century and in liquidation 1947. Assets subsequently acquired by British Transport CommissionPublications:
- Canal boatmen's strike of 1923 by Sherwood, K B
- FMC. A short history of Fellows Morton & Clayton Ltd by Faulkner, Alan H
- Reuben Farley. The man of West Bromwich by Lawley, Pauline, & Anne Wilkins