NHER 55347 (Building record) - Thurton Foundry
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG30SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THURTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Formed in 1963 as a craft foundry, they began making iron farm implements, however the firm diversified into engineering and building and in 1985 aluminium and bronze making furnaces were installed, allowing for a much broader range of work. In the late 1980s the firm employed nearly 30 people, most of them young apprentices. They have supplied decorative ironwork for Eros in Picadilly and all of the drainage pipes on Sandringham House as well as castings in various metals for agriculture, engineering, nuclear power, fishing and food industries.
See (S1)
W. Arnold (HES), 14 March 2011.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF57617 Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Feb 17 2015 1:09PM