Monograph on the Tinplate Works in Great Britain
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- Author(s) Brooke, Edward H
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1932
- Pages 143pp
- Publisher Ernest Davies & Co
- Place Published Swansea
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Provides a 'Record of tinplate works' [pp44-130] giving historical data on c95 active businesses, almost entirely located in Wales, and on c45 'obsolete works / businesses. This data includes corporate information; names of directors; acquisitions; brand names; contact information; etc. Also statistics for total numbers of works, 1750-1905; average selling prices, 1849-1930; tinplate / blackplate output, 1830-1931; with two introductory chapters: Glen A Taylor, 'Tinplate milestones' and Rhys Jenkins, 'Early days of the tinplate industry'. A new edition was published in 1944 with an 'appendix in 1949 for which see 'Chronology of the Tinplate Works of Great Britain'