Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, iron & steel production
Other Business Names:
- Johnson, Cammell & Co
- Cammell, Charles
- Johnson, Henry
- Johnson, Thomas
- Cyclops Works
- Grimsthorpe Works
- Derwent Steel & Iron Works
- Laird Brothers Ltd
- English Steel Corp Ltd
- British Steel Corp
- Coventry Ordnance Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, North West, England
- Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
- Workington, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Armour plate production industry
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Basic metals production
Iron, steel & related alloys production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal forging, pressing, stamping, rolling, slitting, etc
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Transport equipment production
Railway locomotive, rolling stock & components production & repair
Notes:
Traced origins to the Sheffield business of Charles Cammell and Henry and Thomas Johnson formed as Johnson, Cammell & Co in c1837. Incorporated 1864 as Charles Cammell & Co Ltd. Based at Cyclops Works and, later, Grimsthorpe Works, Sheffield. 1880s established by acquisition important iron and steel plant at Workington, Cumbria - Derwent Steel & Iron Works. Reconstructed 1898. Iron and steel producers making in particular rails and locomotive wheels for railways and later armour plate for warships. 1902-19 associated with Coventry Ordnance Works. 1903 merged with Laird Brothers Ltd, shipbuilders of Birkenhead, to form Cammell Laird & Co Ltd. 1920s started to build cars and carriages for London Underground and others, this business being merged into Metropolitan Cammell Carriage & Wagon Co Ltd in 1929. Steel interests merged into English Steel Corp Ltd in 1928 which was nationalised 1951. The latter reacquired with Vickers on denationalisation in 1954 and in 1960s renationalised into British Steel Corp
Publications:
- Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Cyclops Works, Sheffield by Unknown
- Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Steelmakers, Shipbuilders, Engineers and Repairers by Unknown
- Charles Cammell & Co Ltd. Cyclops Steel & Iron Works by Unknown
- 'Cyclops Steel & Iron Manufactory of Messrs Charles Cammell & Co' in G Measom, Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Northern Railway by Measom, George
- Cyclops Works, 150 Years by Unknown
- Forging the Fleet. Naval armour and the armour makers, 1860-1916 by Boursnell, David
- History of Rolled Heavy Armour Plate Manufacture at the Sheffield Works of Charles Cammell and Vickers (Merged as Part of the English Steel Corporation in 1929) by Oldham, Douglas C
- Steel City. Entrepreneurship, strategy and technology in Sheffield, 1743-1993 by Tweedale, Geoffrey
- Steel, Ships and Men. Cammell Laird, 1824-1993 by Warren, Kenneth
- The Business and Technology of the Sheffield Armaments industry, 1900-1930 by Corker, Christopher J
- Visit by their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary to the Grimesthorpe Steel & Ordnance Works ... 1918 by Unknown
- Visit of the Members of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers (London) to the Grimesthorpe Steel, Ordnance & Spring Works, Sheffield ... 1919 by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Johnson, Cammell & Co
- Cammell, Charles
- Johnson, Henry
- Johnson, Thomas
- Cyclops Works
- Grimsthorpe Works
- Derwent Steel & Iron Works
- Laird Brothers Ltd
- English Steel Corp Ltd
- British Steel Corp
- Coventry Ordnance Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, North West, England
- Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
- Workington, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Armour plate production industry
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal forging, pressing, stamping, rolling, slitting, etc
- Transport equipment production Railway locomotive, rolling stock & components production & repair
Notes:
Traced origins to the Sheffield business of Charles Cammell and Henry and Thomas Johnson formed as Johnson, Cammell & Co in c1837. Incorporated 1864 as Charles Cammell & Co Ltd. Based at Cyclops Works and, later, Grimsthorpe Works, Sheffield. 1880s established by acquisition important iron and steel plant at Workington, Cumbria - Derwent Steel & Iron Works. Reconstructed 1898. Iron and steel producers making in particular rails and locomotive wheels for railways and later armour plate for warships. 1902-19 associated with Coventry Ordnance Works. 1903 merged with Laird Brothers Ltd, shipbuilders of Birkenhead, to form Cammell Laird & Co Ltd. 1920s started to build cars and carriages for London Underground and others, this business being merged into Metropolitan Cammell Carriage & Wagon Co Ltd in 1929. Steel interests merged into English Steel Corp Ltd in 1928 which was nationalised 1951. The latter reacquired with Vickers on denationalisation in 1954 and in 1960s renationalised into British Steel CorpPublications:
- Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Cyclops Works, Sheffield by Unknown
- Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Steelmakers, Shipbuilders, Engineers and Repairers by Unknown
- Charles Cammell & Co Ltd. Cyclops Steel & Iron Works by Unknown
- 'Cyclops Steel & Iron Manufactory of Messrs Charles Cammell & Co' in G Measom, Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Northern Railway by Measom, George
- Cyclops Works, 150 Years by Unknown
- Forging the Fleet. Naval armour and the armour makers, 1860-1916 by Boursnell, David
- History of Rolled Heavy Armour Plate Manufacture at the Sheffield Works of Charles Cammell and Vickers (Merged as Part of the English Steel Corporation in 1929) by Oldham, Douglas C
- Steel City. Entrepreneurship, strategy and technology in Sheffield, 1743-1993 by Tweedale, Geoffrey
- Steel, Ships and Men. Cammell Laird, 1824-1993 by Warren, Kenneth
- The Business and Technology of the Sheffield Armaments industry, 1900-1930 by Corker, Christopher J
- Visit by their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary to the Grimesthorpe Steel & Ordnance Works ... 1918 by Unknown
- Visit of the Members of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers (London) to the Grimesthorpe Steel, Ordnance & Spring Works, Sheffield ... 1919 by Unknown