Bolckow Vaughan & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Bolckow, Henry W F
- Vaughan, John
- Williams, Edward
- Clay Lane Iron Co Ltd
- Eston Sheet & Galvanizing Co Ltd
- Darlington Rolling Mills Co Ltd
- Redpath Brown and Co Ltd
- Dorman Long & Co Ltd
- South Skelton Ironstone Mine
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, North East, England
Sectors:
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Extraction
Coal extraction
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Extraction
Iron ore extraction
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Basic metals production
Iron, steel & related alloys production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1839 when Henry W F Bolckow, 1806-78, and John Vaughan, 1799-1868, established Bolckow & Vaughan to build an iron foundry/rolling mill at Middlesbrough. Started iron production 1846 and later acquired ironstone and coal mines. Emerged as a major iron and steel producer. Incorporated 1864. Prospered under its General Manager, Edward Williams, 1826-86, who joined in 1864 and left in 1875. 1899 acquired Clay Lane Iron Co Ltd, owners, inter alia, of South Skelton Ironstone Mine, followed in 1916 by Eston Sheet & Galvanizing Co Ltd, in 1920 by Darlington Rolling Mills Co Ltd and in 1922 by Redpath Brown and Co Ltd, constructional engineers. 1929 amalgamated with Dorman Long & Co Ltd
Publications:
- 'Bolckow Vaughan & Co Ltd, 1865-1914' in T J Baldwin et al, Cash Flow and Corporate Finance in Victorian Britain. Cases from the coal industry, 1860-1914 by Baldwin, T J, R H Berry & R A Church
- Bolckow Vaughan & Co Ltd. A romance of industry by Unknown
- 'Edward Williams' in J S Jeans, Pioneers of the Cleveland Iron Trade by Jeans, James S
- Enterprise and technology. The German and British steel industries, 1865-1895 by Wengenroth, Ulrich
- 'H W F Bolckow MP' in J S Jeans, Pioneers of the Cleveland Iron Trade by Jeans, James S
- Henry Bolckow. Founder of Teesside by Gott, Ron
- 'Henry Bolckow' in H G Reid (ed), Middlesbrough and its Jubilee. A history of the iron and steel industries and biographies of pioneers by Reid, Hugh G (ed)
- 'Henry W F Bolckow MP' in Kings of British Commerce by Unknown
- 'John Vaughan' in H G Reid (ed), Middlesbrough and its Jubilee. A history of the iron and steel industries and biographies of pioneers by Reid, Hugh G (ed)
- 'John Vaughan' in J S Jeans, Pioneers of the Cleveland Iron Trade by Jeans, James S
- Short historical sketch of the rise and progress of the Cleveland iron trade; with a description of the Ayresome Ironworks as being one of the most modern works erected by Gjers, John
- Sidney Gilchrist Thomas. An invention and its consequences by Thompson, Lilian G
- Technological strategy of a leading iron and steel firm, Bolckow Vaughan & Co Ltd. Late Victorian industrialists did fail by Abe, Etsuo
- Thomas & Gilchrist, 1879-1929, Bolckow & Vaughan by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Bolckow, Henry W F
- Vaughan, John
- Williams, Edward
- Clay Lane Iron Co Ltd
- Eston Sheet & Galvanizing Co Ltd
- Darlington Rolling Mills Co Ltd
- Redpath Brown and Co Ltd
- Dorman Long & Co Ltd
- South Skelton Ironstone Mine
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, North East, England
Sectors:
- Extraction Coal extraction
- Extraction Iron ore extraction
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1839 when Henry W F Bolckow, 1806-78, and John Vaughan, 1799-1868, established Bolckow & Vaughan to build an iron foundry/rolling mill at Middlesbrough. Started iron production 1846 and later acquired ironstone and coal mines. Emerged as a major iron and steel producer. Incorporated 1864. Prospered under its General Manager, Edward Williams, 1826-86, who joined in 1864 and left in 1875. 1899 acquired Clay Lane Iron Co Ltd, owners, inter alia, of South Skelton Ironstone Mine, followed in 1916 by Eston Sheet & Galvanizing Co Ltd, in 1920 by Darlington Rolling Mills Co Ltd and in 1922 by Redpath Brown and Co Ltd, constructional engineers. 1929 amalgamated with Dorman Long & Co LtdPublications:
- 'Bolckow Vaughan & Co Ltd, 1865-1914' in T J Baldwin et al, Cash Flow and Corporate Finance in Victorian Britain. Cases from the coal industry, 1860-1914 by Baldwin, T J, R H Berry & R A Church
- Bolckow Vaughan & Co Ltd. A romance of industry by Unknown
- 'Edward Williams' in J S Jeans, Pioneers of the Cleveland Iron Trade by Jeans, James S
- Enterprise and technology. The German and British steel industries, 1865-1895 by Wengenroth, Ulrich
- 'H W F Bolckow MP' in J S Jeans, Pioneers of the Cleveland Iron Trade by Jeans, James S
- Henry Bolckow. Founder of Teesside by Gott, Ron
- 'Henry Bolckow' in H G Reid (ed), Middlesbrough and its Jubilee. A history of the iron and steel industries and biographies of pioneers by Reid, Hugh G (ed)
- 'Henry W F Bolckow MP' in Kings of British Commerce by Unknown
- 'John Vaughan' in H G Reid (ed), Middlesbrough and its Jubilee. A history of the iron and steel industries and biographies of pioneers by Reid, Hugh G (ed)
- 'John Vaughan' in J S Jeans, Pioneers of the Cleveland Iron Trade by Jeans, James S
- Short historical sketch of the rise and progress of the Cleveland iron trade; with a description of the Ayresome Ironworks as being one of the most modern works erected by Gjers, John
- Sidney Gilchrist Thomas. An invention and its consequences by Thompson, Lilian G
- Technological strategy of a leading iron and steel firm, Bolckow Vaughan & Co Ltd. Late Victorian industrialists did fail by Abe, Etsuo
- Thomas & Gilchrist, 1879-1929, Bolckow & Vaughan by Unknown