Requesting a visit to Toledo Woodhead of Sheffield to report on their capacity for producing steel material.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\3\ scan0017 | |
| Date | 4th December 1939 | |
| To By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /EM. from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 6/MH. {M. Huckerby} 4.12.39. We understand from Mr. Morris of Crewe that the Toledo Woodhead concern of Sheffield have three acid steel furnaces which are far from being fully employed, and furthermore, they have a reputation of supplying the best S.80 material in the country. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} wishes you to pay these people a visit and make a report upon their capacity for producing material for us. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).