IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0347 D90
Held at: Wandsworth Heritage Service
Title: Morgan Crucible Ltd, Battersea
Date(s): 1819-1958
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 4 boxes
Name of creator(s): Please contact the Archive for further information
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The company was set up by five Morgan brothers who imported crucibles from Germany. Following the 1851 Great Exhibition they won a contract to import the new American crucibles. In 1856 they bought the manufacturing rights from the American company and opened a small factory in Battersea. In 1857 the company was called the Patent Plumbago Crucible Company and they exhibited their new range of crucibles at Crystal Palace. The company expanded and the name was changed to the Morgan Crucible Company in 1872. The company also produced ceramic fibres, carbon brushes and other goods.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Company records, including plans of works, deeds, leases and related documents, annual reports, magazines, and publications including sales brochures.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
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Conditions governing access:
This material is only available in the Wandsworth Heritage Service search room at Battersea Library. Please contact Heritage Service staff for more information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
The contents of this catalogue are in the copyright of the place of deposit; Rights in the Access to Archives database are the property of the Crown.
Finding aids:
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
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ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Other company records are at London Metropolitan Archives.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Finding aid created by export from CALM v8.0.2.40 Archives Hub EAD2002. Entry amended by Barbara Ball
Date(s) of descriptions: April 2010