Booth, Thomas

English steel manufacturer in Rotherham, a business partner in Walker & Booth.

Thomas Booth gave Johann Conrad Fischer a tour of his steel factory in 1814.

Traveljournal 1814

Sheffield and Rotherham, 5 September 1814
Visits to factories in Sheffield, 6 September 1814
Making the acquaintance of Francis Huntsman, 6 September 1814

Munford, Anthony Peter: Iron & Steel Town: An Industrial History of Rotherham. Gloucestershire 2003 (Internet Archive, Stand 28.9.2022).
Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

Cite as: Booth, Thomas. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/names/gfa-actors-7717, viewed on 4 June 2026.