| Description | This collection comprises company paper, management and legal papers, personnel records, as well as material concerning the production and property of British Steel, as well as the following subsidary compnises John Baker and Bessemer, Owen and Dyson, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co. and Steel Peech and Tozer.
British Steel was a major steel producer in Britain. It originated from the nationalised British Steel Corporation (BSC), formed in 1967, which was privatised as a public limited company, British Steel Plc, in 1988. The company merged with Koninklijke Hoogovens to form Corus Group in 1999. |