Fox, Samuel, & Co Ltd

Sectors:

  • Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
  • Basic metals production Wire drawing

Notes:

Established 1842 by Samuel Fox, wire drawer. Initially made wires for textile industry, crinoline frames and umbrella frames. From 1860s grew into a major producer of iron and steel. Incorporated 1871. 1918 merged with, inter alia, Steel Peech & Tozer Ltd, Frodingham Iron & Steel Co Ltd, Appleby Iron Co Ltd and Workington Iron & Steel Co Ltd to form United Steel Companies Ltd

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