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1882 Bolckow,
Vaughan & Company Ltd |
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Stock Code BVC01 |
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| Company |
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd, a
Cleveland-based steelworks. |
| Description |
Transfer certificate showing the transfer of 20 shares. |
| Issued To |
Joseph Ruston of Sheaf Iron Works, Lincoln.
Transfer from Thomas McLachlan of Darlington. |
| Issue Date |
11th
September 1882 |
| Company
Officers |
| W Richardson |
Secretary |
Actual
signature |
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| Size |
20cm wide x
14 cm
high |
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Framed Price
: £90.00
Unframed
Price : £50.00 |
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Joseph Ruston
Born Chatteris, Cambs in 1835, he went on
to become the founder and owner of Ruston, Proctor & Company in 1857, a
Lincoln-based industrial equipment manufacturer employing 1600 men. RPC
became a public company in 1889, Joseph Ruston receiving £465,000 as the
proceeds of the flotation. RPC was taken over by GEC in 1967.
Joseph Ruston died in 1897.
Bolckow, Vaughan & Company
The company was founded in 1850 and
incorporated in 1865, when it was capitalised at £699,000. In 1895 the Clay
Lane Iron Company was acquired for £215,000. It became the biggest iron
producer in Britain and possibly the largest steel producer in the world,
however was liquidated in 1929, and taken over by Dorman Long. At its peak
it employed 9,500 coal miners. |
