AdminHistory | Charles Cammell and Company (formerly Johnson, Cammell and Company - established by Charles Cammell, Thomas Manby Johnson and Henry Johnson in 1837) were iron and steel manufacturers of Sheffield. Charles Cammell and Company are first mentioned in 1856 (in the 'Sheffield and Rotherham Independent'. Supplement. Saturday, 25 Oct 1856). In 1861 they started to make rails and railway material. In 1863 the began making armour plates. Business had expanded considerably, and in the same year, additional works were built at Grimesthorpe. The company adoped limited liability in 1864.
By 1885 the company consisted of: Cyclops Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield; Grimesthorpe Ordnance, Tyre and Spring works, Sheffield; Yorkshire Steel Works at Penistone; Derwent Steel and Iron Works at Workington; Old and new Oaks Collieries, near Barnsley; other iron mines near Whitehaven.
In 1903 the company took over the Birkenhead shipbuilding yards of Laird Brothers becoming Cammell, Laird and Company Limited. |