Poole & Steel

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Poole & Steel was a major Australian engineering, railway rolling stock manufacturer and shipbuilding company. It had facilities located in Balmain, New South Wales and Osborne, South Australia.

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History

The company was set up by Arthur Hugh Poole and James Steel, [1] and the Balmain yard was in operation by 1902. In first decade of the 20th century, it made ships, railway wagons, and notably, gold dredges, production of which boomed during that decade. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

The shipyard at Osborne was established in 1919. [7] It was sold to the Government of South Australia in 1937. [8]

It became a public company, Poole and Steel Limited, in late 1944. [9] The Balmain yard was subject to a protracted industrial dispute, in 1946, that resulted in Poole and Steel and all other privately-owned shipyards on the harbour joining forces in a lockout. [10] [11] [12] The company remained profitable into the 1950s, [13] [14] but eventually became a victim of the declining significance of local shipping, reduced work for the navy, industrial disputes and high costs, de facto removal of industry protection, and overseas competition. The Balmain yard appears to have ceased production effectively by 1961. [15] [16]

Products of Balmain

Products of Osborne

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References

  1. ↑ "Messrs Poole and Steel". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 March 1911. p. 4.
  2. ↑ "THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 21 November 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Close Tendering". Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1950). 20 September 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "IN AND ABOUT THE MINES". Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930). 13 January 1908. p. 11. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "MINING NOTES". Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 - 1909). 29 June 1903. p. 3. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "WELLINGTON DREDGE". Wellington Times (NSW : 1899 - 1954). 13 August 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "SOUTH AUSTRALIA ACTIVE". Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 23 April 1919. p. 11. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Purchase of Port River Site". Advertiser. The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Friday 8 January 1937, p. 23. 8 January 1937. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  9. ↑ "POOLE AND STEEL". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 21 November 1944. p. 5. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "SHIPYARD TO CLOSE". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 12 August 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "WATERFRONT INDUSTRIES TO CLOSE". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 13 August 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "LONG DISPUTE ENDS". West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954). 20 August 1946. p. 6. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "POOLE AND STEEL LIFTS INT. DIVS". Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954). 28 March 1950. p. 28. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "Poole, Steel profit down". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 20 October 1956. p. 22. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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  16. ↑ "House of Representatives, Debates, 20 April 1961 :: Historic Hansard". historichansard.net. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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