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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D7292
TitleJ. Thorp and Son of Harrington Street, Derby, steel plater and elevator bucket manufacturers
Date1929-1978
DescriptionEngineer's order books recording: drawing number, title, order number, date. The client company is only consistently identified in the second of the two volumes
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorJ. Thorp and Son of Harrington Street, Derby, steel plater and elevator bucket manufacturers
Administrative HistoryJ. Thorp & Son was an engineering company based on Harrington Street, Derby, which specialised in steel plate working and the manufacture of elevator buckets. It operated as a sub-contractor for Rolls Royce, among other companies.
Custodial HistoryThese records were donated to Derbyshire Record Office in May 2010
Organisation Sub-TypeEngineering and Heavy Industry
TermBusiness
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Derby 
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