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Wade & Dorman Limited becoming Dorman Long (Africa) Ltd Collection
Catalogue reference: BS/WDL
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This record is about the Wade & Dorman Limited becoming Dorman Long (Africa) Ltd Collection dating from 1919 - 1936.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BS/WDL
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Title (The name of the record)
- Wade & Dorman Limited becoming Dorman Long (Africa) Ltd Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1919 - 1936
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Description (What the record is about)
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BS/WDL/1. Financial Records
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Teesside Archives
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Wade & Dorman Limited
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 box
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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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Charles Wade founded the initial Wade company in 1871 with the main focus of the business being the supply of riveted iron girders to the building trade, which progressed to structural steelwork. Wade and Dorman Long formed a joint company in 1908 (registered in 1909) as Dorman Long looked to forge international trade links, with offices and fabricating shops also being set up in Argentina (British Structural Steel). Wade and Dorman had branches in Cape Town and Johannesburg, with the head office in Durban.
In March 1937 the Company changed its name to Dorman Long (Africa) Limited and increased its capital to 400,000 £1 shares.
Source; http://www.wade-bs.co.uk/pages/whistory.html; E.T. Judge, Dorman Long: a concise history (1992)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a4a536fd-f235-46f7-8f24-73b43c001f01/
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Wade & Dorman Limited becoming Dorman Long (Africa) Ltd Collection