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Samuel Fox and Co.

The Stocksbridge steelmakers founded by Samuel Fox, who bought the town's old mill in 1842 for wire and umbrella-frame making; the firm worked its own colliery in the hillside above the works until nationalisation and ran coke ovens and gas producers on its coal.

Also recorded asSamuel Fox and Co. Ltd

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Stocksbridge Colliery South Yorkshire ?–1947

Record created: 5 October 2026 · Last researched: 5 October 2026

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