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).
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/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} | ||