Difference between revisions of "Silvertown Works"
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Revision as of 14:55, 14 July 2015
Contents
Operation
1852 to 1965
Location
Located in
Produced
Waterproof Clothes, Submarine Telegraph Cables, vulcanized rubber, electric generators
Used Raw Materials
Caoutchouc, copper, jute, gutta percha, sulfur, lime, iron, kaolin, cotton
|1852 |1864 |S. W. Silver and Co |-
|1864 |1933 |India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Company |-
|1933 |1965 |British Tyre and Rubber Co |-
|1852
|1965
|Rubber & Gutta Percha Industry
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Description
Starting production in 1852, originally produced waterproof clothing and insulated cables and wires for S.W. Silver and Co. In 1864 Silver's sons and a third partner, John Hancock, formed the India Rubber, Gutta Percha, and Telegraph Works Co. to produce submarine telegraph cables at the same factory. The factory was prosperous and saw growth throughout the second half of the nineteenth century. By 1892, the Silvertown Works had the second-highest rateable value of any factory in West Ham at £14,560. The only factory which was rated higher was the Great Eastern Railway Shops at Stratford, which was valued at £21,750[1].
References
- ↑ John, Tully. Silvertown: The Lost Story of a Strike That Shook London and Helped Launch the Modern Labor Movement. New York: NYU Press, 2014. https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZnemAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PT56&dq=silvertown%20works&pg=PT47#v=onepage&q&f=false