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This work presents the history of heavy engineering company. In 1889 Charles Paxton Markham, a director of the Staveley Coal and Iron Company, purchased the premises of a failed Chesterfield engineering concern, Oliver and Sons. Under his vigorous leadership, Markham and Co. developed into a highly successful business, specialising in winders and other colliery equipment. In 1924 the company was absorbed into the Staveley combine and in 1937 became part of John Brown. It was later owned by Trafalgar House and finally Kvaerner, which closed the Chesterfield site in 1998. This new book tells the story of one of the best known heavy engineering companies in Britain, which was also for many years a major employer in Chesterfield. As well as mining equipment, Markham specialised in water turbines and tunnelling machinery, including plant for the Channel Tunnel. It exported to many countries. Written by two former directors, the book is valuable not only as a general account of a large engineering company but also as a first-hand case-study of efforts to sustain such a business in recent decades. At the same time, with over 70 illustrations of Markham's works, products and people, the book will be of interest to all who remember a great Chesterfield company. "Markham and Company of Chesterfield", a high quality, large format paperback of 128 pages with 73 illustrations (ISBN 1 898937 64 8), will be published by Merton Priory Press of Cardiff on Wednesday 7 December 2005 at GBP 14.95. It will be available from local bookshops or Chesterfield Museum. Or, better still: Come to a celebration to mark the publication of this fine new book - an ideal Christmas present for anyone interested in local history - at the Riverside Club (formerly the Family Club, and before that Markham's Canteen), Hollis Lane, Chesterfield, on Tuesday 6 December from 5 to 7 p.m., join the authors for a drink, and pick up a signed copy of the book at the special offer price of only GBP 12.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781898937647
  • Publisher: Merton Priory Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Merton Priory Press Ltd
  • Height: 250 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1898937648
  • Publisher Date: 07 Dec 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Sub Title: An Illustrated History


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