Title
'The Rocket'
Reference
YMS0636/1
Production date
31-05-1929 - 31-05-1929
Creator
Scope and Content
Reprint of an article from The Engineer.
Language
English
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns LtdBiographyBiography
In 1937 Robert Stephenson & Co. Ltd purchased the locomotive department of R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd. They became Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd. The policy was to concentrate the building of main line locomotives at Robert Stephenson’s Darlington works and industrial locomotives at Forth Banks.
In 1944 Vulcan Foundry acquired Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd, ending Hawthorns' 137 year connection with Forth Banks. In 1955 Vulcan Foundry became full members of the English Electric group of companies, which became part of the GEC group of companies in 1968.
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.
