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Alfred J. Smith and Company, coal shipping merchants.
Catalogue reference: 40682
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This record is about the Alfred J. Smith and Company, coal shipping merchants. dating from 1867-1994.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- 40682
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Title (The name of the record)
- Alfred J. Smith and Company, coal shipping merchants.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1867-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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40682/A Administrative records
40682/B Purchases
40682/C Accident and salvage records
40682/D Photographs
40682/E Company history
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bristol Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Alfred J Smith and Company, Bristol, coal shipping merchants</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 50 files
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Alfred J. Smith, Lord Mayor of Bristol in 1905, built up a successful business shipping coal between South Wales and Bristol from 1874. The first ship purchased, the "Iron Duke", was built in 1857, purchased in 1887 and continued working until sunk by a mine in 1941. Another Smith vessel, the "John" was built in 1849, purchased in 1889 and sank in 1945.
The company was involved in more than just a shipping business from Bristol, with a colliery in the Forest of Dean and a china clay hauling business at Fowey, Cornwall. The company survived until 1949 when it was liquidated, "retaining some of its nineteenth century image throughout".
For a more detailed company history see 40682/E section.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/5b17ad6d-7a95-4843-8326-6d5de43a0fde/
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Alfred J. Smith and Company, coal shipping merchants.