Workman Clark & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Workman, Frank
- Northumberland Shipbuilders Co Ltd
- National Shipbuilders Security Ltd
- Sperling Combined
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Belfast, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland
Sectors:
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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:
Established by Frank Workman and incorporated in 1880 as Workman Clark & Co Ltd. 1891 started engine building. 1919 acquired by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, a vehicle controlled by the Sperling & Co, Reconstructed as Workman Clark (1928) Ltd in 1928 with the original company continuing to hold non shipbuilding assets. The former closed 1935 when most of its assets were acquired by National Shipbuilders Security Ltd
Publications:
- Forgotten Shipbuilders of Belfast. Workman Clark, 1880-1935 by Lynch, John P (ed)
- Harland & Wolff and Workman Clark. A golden age of shipbuilding in old images by De Kerbrech, Richard P, & David L Williams
- Shipbuilding and Engineering Works of Workman Clark & Co by Unknown
- Shipbuilding at Belfast, 1880-1933 by Unknown
- 'Shipbuilding at Belfast. Workman Clark & Co, 1880-1935' in L R Fischer (ed), From Wheel House to Counting House. Essays in maritime business history in honour of Professor Peter Neville Davies by Armitage, Andrew
- Workman, Clark & Co by Bowen, Frank C
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Workman, Frank
- Northumberland Shipbuilders Co Ltd
- National Shipbuilders Security Ltd
- Sperling Combined
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Belfast, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Marine engines & other marine equipment production
- Transport equipment production Shipbuilding & repairing exc small craft
Notes:
Established by Frank Workman and incorporated in 1880 as Workman Clark & Co Ltd. 1891 started engine building. 1919 acquired by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, a vehicle controlled by the Sperling & Co, Reconstructed as Workman Clark (1928) Ltd in 1928 with the original company continuing to hold non shipbuilding assets. The former closed 1935 when most of its assets were acquired by National Shipbuilders Security LtdPublications:
- Forgotten Shipbuilders of Belfast. Workman Clark, 1880-1935 by Lynch, John P (ed)
- Harland & Wolff and Workman Clark. A golden age of shipbuilding in old images by De Kerbrech, Richard P, & David L Williams
- Shipbuilding and Engineering Works of Workman Clark & Co by Unknown
- Shipbuilding at Belfast, 1880-1933 by Unknown
- 'Shipbuilding at Belfast. Workman Clark & Co, 1880-1935' in L R Fischer (ed), From Wheel House to Counting House. Essays in maritime business history in honour of Professor Peter Neville Davies by Armitage, Andrew
- Workman, Clark & Co by Bowen, Frank C