Manby family
Other Business Names:
- Horseley Coal & Iron Co
- Manby, Aaron
- Manby, Charles
- Wilson, Daniel
- Société Anonyme des Mines, Forges & Fonderies du Creusot & de Charenton
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Charenton, France
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Tipton, Sandwell, West Midlands, West 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
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Transport equipment production
Marine engines & other marine equipment production
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Transport equipment production
Shipbuilding & repairing exc small craft
Notes:
Traced important business interests to Aaron Manby, 1776-1850, who was managing partner in Horseley Coal & Iron Co (qv) of Tipton by 1812. Developed engineering activities of that business so that it made marine engines and, in c1821, built the first iron (steam) ship to go to sea. He soon exported boats to France, in some instance taking an investment interest in the businesses operating them, eg on the Seine. Supported by his son, Charles, 1804-84, he developed important business interests in France, notably in 1822 an engineering works at Charenton, near Paris, where marine engines were made, and Le Creusot Ironworks which he purchased in 1826. He merged the two as Société Anonyme des Mines, Forges & Fonderies du Creusot & de Charenton. In all of this closely associated with another Briton in France, Daniel Wilson. Charles, from, 1835 worked in London as a civil engineer and was closely involved with the administration of the newly formed Institution of Civil Engineers as well as being London agent for Robert Stephenson & Co
Publications:
- Aaron Manby, builder of the first iron steamship by Chaloner, W H, & W O Henderson
- The Manbys and the Industrial Revolution in France, 1819-84 by Chaloner, W H, & W O Henderson
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Horseley Coal & Iron Co
- Manby, Aaron
- Manby, Charles
- Wilson, Daniel
- Société Anonyme des Mines, Forges & Fonderies du Creusot & de Charenton
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Charenton, France
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Tipton, Sandwell, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Professional services Engineering consultancy services - civil
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
- Transport equipment production Marine engines & other marine equipment production
- Transport equipment production Shipbuilding & repairing exc small craft
Notes:
Traced important business interests to Aaron Manby, 1776-1850, who was managing partner in Horseley Coal & Iron Co (qv) of Tipton by 1812. Developed engineering activities of that business so that it made marine engines and, in c1821, built the first iron (steam) ship to go to sea. He soon exported boats to France, in some instance taking an investment interest in the businesses operating them, eg on the Seine. Supported by his son, Charles, 1804-84, he developed important business interests in France, notably in 1822 an engineering works at Charenton, near Paris, where marine engines were made, and Le Creusot Ironworks which he purchased in 1826. He merged the two as Société Anonyme des Mines, Forges & Fonderies du Creusot & de Charenton. In all of this closely associated with another Briton in France, Daniel Wilson. Charles, from, 1835 worked in London as a civil engineer and was closely involved with the administration of the newly formed Institution of Civil Engineers as well as being London agent for Robert Stephenson & CoPublications:
- Aaron Manby, builder of the first iron steamship by Chaloner, W H, & W O Henderson
- The Manbys and the Industrial Revolution in France, 1819-84 by Chaloner, W H, & W O Henderson