Edward Wood and Co
of Ocean Iron Works, Salford (Manchester), constructional engineers
1878 Company founded.
1897 incorporated as a Limited Co.
1903 Opened offices at 88, Cannon-street, London, E. C.[1]
1905 Advert roofs, girders, bridges, buildings in steel and iron. [2]
1906 Public company. The company was registered on 8 March, to acquire the business of constructional engineers and contractors of a company of almost similar title. [3]
1914 'Over 150 workmen and members of the staff of Edward Wood and Co. Ltd., Ocean Ironworks, Salford, have joined the colours since war was declared. Flight-Lieutenant Newton-Clare, R.N., took part in the first aerial raid over Germany.'[4]
1916 'The employes of Edward Wood and Co., Ltd., Ordsall Lane, Manchester, have decided to take up a weekly collection on behalf of a fund for helping the Belgian people who are now suffering in Holland and living in barns and tents.'[5]
1922 Directors: Sir Edward Graham Wood (Chairman), Wm. Kirkham, Albert Midgley, G. W. N. Nicholls, Edward Ormesher and Sir Kingsley Wood M.P. Specialities.— Steel roof principals, steel-framed buildings, engineering workshops, gasworks and power stations, car sheds, theatres, warehouses mills and factories, goods sheds, bridges, weaving sheds, corrugated-steel buildings, "Telpher" tracks, tank structures, coal bunkers and grain elevators.
1923 Advert: 'THE WHOLE OF THE STEELWORK USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREAT STADIUM at WEMBLEY WAS SUPPLIED BY EDWARD WOOD & CO., LTD., ! OCEAN IRONWORKS, MANCHESTER....'[6]
1926 'Edward Wood and Co., Limited, of Ocean Iron Works, Manchester, have secured the order from the Michelin Tyre Company for the erection of steelwork at their new site at Stoke-on-Trent. The factory when erected will cover an area of forty acres.'[7]
1930 'NOTED ENGINEER DEAD. [[Edward Graham Wood|Sir Edward Graham Wood], the well-known constructional engineer, died suddenly at his home in West Heath Road , Hampstead, yesterday. Sir Edward was 75 years of age. Born in Leicester, tho son of a Wesleyan minister, Sir Edward Wood was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, and later at Owen's College, Manchester. At the age of 21 he began business on his own account at Redbank Works, Manchester. In 1889 he started in the vicinity of Manchester Ship Canal, a small engineering works called Ocean Ironworks . This establishment now covers many acres of land, and is a limited company.
INDUSTRIAL POSTS
Sir Edward was chairman and managing director of Edward Wood & Co. (Limited), constructional engineers and building contractors, Manchester and London. He was also chairman and governing director of the Trafford Park Steel Warehouses, steel stockholders and merchants, Manchester . During the year 1915-16 Sir Edward was High Sheriff of Lancashire . A Liberal in politics he held office for 20 years in the South Salford Liberal Association. He was also deputy chairman of the Salford Licensing Committee for a number of years.'[8]
1935 See Edward Wood and Co:1935 Review
1961 Constructional engineers and contractors, specialising in steel buildings, engineering shops and power stations. [9]
1963 Joined the Multi-Storey Construction Association of Glasgow.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1903/01/09 p 56.
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1905. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p369
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ Manchester Courier - Tuesday 10 November 1914
- ↑ Manchester Evening News - Wednesday 26 January 1916
- ↑ Athletic News - Monday 5 March 1923
- ↑ Crewe Chronicle - 5 June 1926
- ↑ The Scotsman - Thursday 24 July 1930
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE