Names and Locations:
TRADE MARK
EVER FIRM
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- "St. Pancras Ironwork Company"
- "St. Pancras Iron Work Company, Ltd"
- "St. Pancras Iron-Work Company"
- "St. Pancras Ironworks Company"
- Telegraph: "Equitation, London"
- Telephone: 519 King's Cross
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- 171, St. Pancras Road, London N.W.
- "Old St. Pancras Road, opposite Old St. Pancras Church, London N.W."
- "York Road, Kings Cross, London N."
- "Enquities answered at West End Agency: MARTINGALE'S,
158, PICADILLY, W."
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Timeline:
"Notice is hereby given, in pursuance of section 195 of the Companies
(Consolidation) Act, 1908, that a General Meeting of the Members of the
above named Company will be held at the offices of Messrs. Viney, Price
and Goodyear, 99 Cheapside, in the city of London, on Thursday, the 20th
day of January, 1916, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose of having an
account laid before them, showing the manner in which the winding-up has
been conducted and the property of the Company disposed of, and of
hearing any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator.—Dated
the 9th day of December, 1915.
ED. E. PRICE, Liquidator.
—The London Gazette, 14 December, 1915
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History:
Henry Bessemer is
the famous founder of the St. Pancras Iron Works. He was a prolific
inventor and held at least 129 patents, spanning from 1838 to 1883.
He's best known for his
Bessemer process
of steel production, which made steel easier, quicker and cheaper to
manufacture, revolutionizing structural engineering. Funding for the
development of this process came from a previous successful invention,
a mechanical method of producing bronze powder (used in gold paint),
which previously had been hand-made in Germany at great expense. Bessemer
set up his powder works at Baxter House, his home in St Pancras, and
eventually established the St Pancras Ironworks behind that house, where
he developed his steelmaking process.
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BESSEMER, SIR HENRY (1813-1898), engineer and inventor;
engaged at Charlton in his father's business as manufacturer of gold
chains and type-founder; came to London, 1830, and traded in art work
in white metal; invented perforated die for impressing date on stamps
affixed to deeds, 1833, and soon afterwards produced plumbago pencils;
invented type-composing machine c. 1838; engaged in manufacture
of bronze powder and gold paint by an original process, 1840; made
experiments with view to obtaining stronger material for gun
manufacture than that in use; patented combination of cast iron and
steel, 1853, and in the same and following years obtained patents for
the manufacture of steel by new process from melted pig-iron through
which air under pressure or steam was blown with object of abstracting
carbon; described process in paper read at Cheltenham meeting of
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1856; established,
1859, steel works at Sheffield, where he made a specialty of gun-making,
and subsequently was extensively occupied in manufacture of steel rails;
invented swinging saloon for sea-going vessels, which tried with small
success, 1875; received Albert gold medal from Society of Arts, 1872;
one of founders, 1868, and president, 1871-3, of Iron and Steel
Institute; M.I.O.E., 1877; F.R.S., 1879; knighted, 1879. The Bessemer
steel manufacture was introduced into the United States and developed
by Alexander L. Holley (1867-70), and at present it is probably equal
to that of the rest of the world collectively.
—Dictionary of National Biography · Vol. 22 · 1921-1922
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Notes:
- "Pavement lights of every description: The St. Pancras Ironworks
Company, London.—Smith and Smith (Limited), agents for New Zealand"
—1905 Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
- "298 834 [grid reference] Approximate site of St. Pancras
ironworks where
Sir Henry Bessemer
made bronze powder and later produced the first steel in quantity. Here
was the pilot plant for the Bessemer Process. Bessemer came to what was
then "Baxter House" before 23.9.1841 and established his works behind
the house. The site was cleared about 1870 for Midland Railway coal drops."
—Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
- "An outcome of the recent massive clearance of brickwork is
that the ground at the site of Henry Bessemer's Baxter House where
the first Bessemer steel was made is now clear and some subterranean
archaeology might just survive. Baxter House which became St. Pancras
Ironworks was on the east side of Pancras Road just south of the
churchyard." —Bob Carr, GLIAS
- 1884 · Awards at the Amsterdam International Agricultural Exhibition
—The British Trade Journal and Export World
- "St. Pancras Ironworks Company, fittings for horse-stables,
first prize—Gold medal"
- "St. Pancras Ironworks Company, stable-fittings, third
prize—Bronze medal"
- "...the disused nineteenth century St. Pancras Ironworks,
in a courtyard off York Way in Islington."
(excerpt from this BBC article titled
Heritage protection tax urged)
- "...St. Pancras ironworks, a building which is considered
to be the most significant unlisted building in the immediate
area." —UK Parliament,
King's Cross Railways (No. 2) Bill (By Order)
Paper:
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The St. Pancras Iron Work Co. Ltd.
Engineers and Ironfounders
Stable, Cow House, and Piggery Fittings
Harness Room Fittings, Paving and Ventilation
Basement Lighting Engineers
Pavement, Floor and Stall Board Lights
Cellar Flaps · Coal Hole Plates
Daylight Reflectors · Ship's Deck Lights
IRON STAIRCASES (Straight and Spiral)
FIRE ESCAPE IRON STAIRCASES
IRON ROOFS · FOOTBRIDGES
VERANDAHS · PORCHES
IRON DOORS |
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ST. PANCRAS PATENT PAVEMENT, FLOOR AND
STALL LIGHTS
St. Pancras Iron Works, Pancras Road, London, N.W.
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| Per foot super. |
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| Stock
sizes |
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Made to
order |
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| s. |
d. |
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s. |
d. |
| Patent semi-prism pavement lights |
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8 |
6 |
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9 |
6 |
| Ditto, smaller |
· |
6 |
3 |
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7 |
3 |
| Braded ditto |
· |
6 |
0 |
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7 |
0 |
| Convex ditto |
· |
5 |
6 |
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6 |
6 |
| Rough plate ditto |
· |
4 |
6 |
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5 |
6 |
| Patent prismatic stallboard lights |
· |
7 |
6 |
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8 |
6 |
| Lighthouse, Oxford, Chequer &c. ditto |
· |
6 |
0 |
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7 |
6 |
| Rough plate ditto |
· |
4 |
6 |
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5 |
6 |
| Ornamental tile and lens lights |
from |
9 |
0 |
to |
11 |
6 |
| Roadway lights for heavy traffic |
" |
10 |
0 |
" |
14 |
6 |
| Patent balanced cellar flaps |
" |
6 |
0 |
" |
10 |
0 |
| Rolling lights with runners &c. |
" |
6 |
6 |
" |
12 |
0 |
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ST. PANCRAS PATENT SAFETY SELF-FASTENING
COAL PLATES.
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Sizes of Circular Plates |
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12in. |
14in. |
16in. |
18in. |
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s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
| No. 1 Solid iron |
4 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
| No. 2 Ventilating |
4 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
| No. 3 Illuminating |
7 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
13 |
0 |
16 |
6 |
| No. 4 Illuminating and ventilating
combined |
7 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
13 |
0 |
16 |
6 |
| Protecting rings for asphalte pavements
in lieu of ordinary rings, extra |
0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
| Illuminating plates for use as fixed
pavement lights |
5 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
12 |
0 |
Orinary coal plates, not self-fastening
in all sizes, plain, ventilating
and illuminating. |
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Laxton's Builders' Price Book for 1892 · p.253-254
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Trade Catalogs:
Gallery:
St. Pancras Ironworks pavement light lens ·
"ST PANCRAS.IRON.WORKS LONDON" ·
"RD
NO 160988."
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Design registration entry ·
UK National Archives
Nos. 160984-8. Class 4.
| Name |
The St. Pancras Iron Work Company |
| Address |
St. Pancras Road, London. N.W. |
| Description |
Engineers |
| Date of Registration |
14th November 1890 |
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