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Title: Griffiths' Guide to the iron trade of Great Britain ... an elaborate review of the iron (and) coal trades for last year, addresses and names of all ironmasters, with a list of blast furnaces, iron manufactories, and other statistics and information respecting iron and coal ..
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Griffiths, Samuel, editor of "The London Iron Trade Exchange"
Subjects: Coal trade Iron industry and trade
Publisher: London, Published for the Proprietor
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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BEAVER IRON. STEEL & SPRING WORKS. 70 THE RISE A>T> PROGRESS OF certain kinds of Steel, was admirably adapted to tliewants of the Sheffield converters ; Messrs. SoUey, ofLeabrook, were the first to make it. The Chilhngton Company went into this trade, andwere very successful in producing the article. At thesame time, )\Ir. Isaac Jenks commenced making thisarticle at the IMinerva Works, and also since, at theBeaver Works at Wolverhampton (both of which we givean illustration of), having previously been instructed inthe manufactiure at Messrs. Solleys. 3\Ir. Jenkss prac-tical knowledge of this trade enabled him to carry theIVIinerva brand into all the great markets. Throughhis constant attention and practical knowledge of themanufacture, the Minerva brand stands unrivalled.From the commencement, the fame of Jenkss puddledSteel, so admirably adapted to the manufactiure ofrailway springs and other purposes, crossed the Atlan-tic, and the demand in the great Eepubhc has beenconsi

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