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Stewarts and Lloyds Minerals Limited Biography Biography
The company was formed as the result of a number of mergers and acquisitions. Lloyds Ironstone Co had begun mining iron ore in Corby since 1880 when Samuel Lloyd purchased the mineral rights for the Manor of Corby. A rail link was established to transport the ore to the Albion Works in the West Midlands, where the company had a number of blast furnaces. Control of the company passed to the owner’s son Samuel Janson Lloyd who merged the business with Alfred Hickman & Sons in 1919. The merged company was eventually absorbed into Stewarts & Lloyds group of companies in 1920.

Scope and Content
Report containing explanations and photographs of various means of warning maintenance workers of approaching rail traffic, automated rail and road protection schemes, temporary stop blocks and other safety systems for railways.
Physical description
Fair
Language
English
Archival history
Archive donated by Mr R. H. Way, provenance unknown
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

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Stewarts and Lloyds Minerals Limited Biography Biography
The company was formed as the result of a number of mergers and acquisitions. Lloyds Ironstone Co had begun mining iron ore in Corby since 1880 when Samuel Lloyd purchased the mineral rights for the Manor of Corby. A rail link was established to transport the ore to the Albion Works in the West Midlands, where the company had a number of blast furnaces. Control of the company passed to the owner’s son Samuel Janson Lloyd who merged the business with Alfred Hickman & Sons in 1919. The merged company was eventually absorbed into Stewarts & Lloyds group of companies in 1920.

Subject
Road transport
Railway transport
Safety
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.