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Holman Brothers Ltd

Catalogue reference: X542

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This record is about the Holman Brothers Ltd dating from 1684-1987.

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Reference
X542
Title
Holman Brothers Ltd
Date
1684-1987
Description

Accounts, photographs, minutes, deeds, leases, annual reports and other miscellaneous company records of Holmans and subsidiary Companies including the Climax Rock Drilland engineering Company Ltd

Held by
Cornwall Record Office
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • <corpname>Holman Brothers Ltd, Camborne, Cornwall, engineers and manufacturers</corpname>
  • <corpname>Compair Construction and Mining Ltd, Camborne, Cornwall, engineers and manufacturers</corpname>
Physical description
857 files
Immediate source of acquisition

Accession 2421

Records deposited by the Company Secretary, Compair Construction and Mining Ltd., Camborne via Mr. A.G. Harris, Engineering Director, 12th July 1978.

Accession No 2576

Additional records deposited by the Company, Secretary, Compair Construction and Mining Ltd., Camborne via Mr. Anthony Barber, 7th June 1979.

Accession 2789

Additional deposit by company Secretary, (via A.D. Barber), CompAir Construction and Mining Limited, Camborne, 22nd July 1980.

Accession 5526

Deposited on 30 October 1998

Accession 5539

Deposited on 16 November 1998

Accession 5635

Deposited on 19 April 1999

Accession 5701

Deposited on 9 August 1999

Administrative / biographical background

The records are of the firm of Holman's whose boiler works at Pool and foundry at Camborne date back to 1801 and 1839 respectively, the boiler works being transferred from Pool to Roskear in 1892. Rock tools and pneumatic tools began to be manufactured on a large scale after the First World War. See Bernard Hollowood, Cornish Engineers. Published for private circulation by Holman Bros. Ltd. 1951. (The 150th anniversary of the firm of Holman which began with the boiler works at Pool, established by Nicholas Holman in 1801).

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Holman Brothers Ltd