Outram, Benjamin
Other Business Names:
- Outram, Benjamin, & Co
- Butterley Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Butterley, Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Professional services
Engineering consultancy services - civil
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Basic metals production
Iron, steel & related alloys production
Notes:
Benjamin Outram, 1790-1805, was a leading civil engineer involved in canal and railway construction. Also in 1790 with others he set up Benjamin Outram & Co at Butterley which established an ironworks and associated collieries, iron ore mines, etc. It became the largest such business in the East Midlands. In 1805, on Outram's death, it was renamed the Butterley Co
Publications:
- Benjamin Outram, 1764-1805. An engineering biography by Schofield, R B
- Benjamin Outram and the construction of the Ashton Canal by Scholefield, R A
- Butterley Company, 1790-1830 by Riden, Philip
- Early development of the Outram-pattern plateway, 1793-1796 by Patel, Rowan
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Outram, Benjamin, & Co
- Butterley Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Butterley, Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Professional services Engineering consultancy services - civil
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
Notes:
Benjamin Outram, 1790-1805, was a leading civil engineer involved in canal and railway construction. Also in 1790 with others he set up Benjamin Outram & Co at Butterley which established an ironworks and associated collieries, iron ore mines, etc. It became the largest such business in the East Midlands. In 1805, on Outram's death, it was renamed the Butterley CoPublications:
- Benjamin Outram, 1764-1805. An engineering biography by Schofield, R B
- Benjamin Outram and the construction of the Ashton Canal by Scholefield, R A
- Butterley Company, 1790-1830 by Riden, Philip
- Early development of the Outram-pattern plateway, 1793-1796 by Patel, Rowan