Cammell, Charles
10. January 1810 – 12. January 1879
British steel manufacturer.
Charles Cammell initially apprenticed to an ironmonger and in 1830 moved to Sheffield, where he first worked as a commercial traveller in the firm of Messrs. Ibbotson. In 1837 he left that company and established his own factory with Thomas Johnson, trading under the name Johnson, Cammell & Co.. They were steel and file producers and became one of England’s foremost steel manufacturers.
Following Johnson’s death, Cammell continued the operation under the name Charles Cammell & Company. In 1861 the product range was expanded to include material for railways and iron cladding. After Cammell’s death, the company continued to operate until it merged in 1903 with the factory of the Laird brothers, who built ships in Birkenhead. The new firm, Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd, engaged in the manufacture of ironclad warships.
Johann Conrad Fischer visited “England’s greatest steel manufacturer” during his visit to London in 1851.
Traveljournal 1846
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- Warren, Kenneth: Steel, ships and men. Cammell Laird, 1824–1993. Liverpool 1998.
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