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Charles Mare, London Ironmaster and Shipbuilder

Charles Mare, London Ironmaster and Shipbuilder AbstractOne of the many oddities of the business history of London is that, despite its distance from iron ore and coal deposits, it had two major nineteenth-century ironworks. Thames Ironworks and Millwall Ironworks were the two London shipbuilders of real size, and both were brought into being by Charles Mare, who was so convinced by the possibilities of large-scale iron shipbuilding as to twice risk his personal wealth by establishing vertically integrated iron shipyards on the Thames. During the nineteenth century, shipbuilding quickly became a heavy engineering industry dominated by large businesses, and on the Thames this evolution was essentially brought about by the imagination and actions of Mare. He was not ultimately very successful, but he did have visionary qualities, and this article examines his achievements as an ironmaster on the London river and his pivotal importance to the way in which shipbuilding developed in the capital. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present Taylor & Francis

Charles Mare, London Ironmaster and Shipbuilder

Charles Mare, London Ironmaster and Shipbuilder


Abstract

AbstractOne of the many oddities of the business history of London is that, despite its distance from iron ore and coal deposits, it had two major nineteenth-century ironworks. Thames Ironworks and Millwall Ironworks were the two London shipbuilders of real size, and both were brought into being by Charles Mare, who was so convinced by the possibilities of large-scale iron shipbuilding as to twice risk his personal wealth by establishing vertically integrated iron shipyards on the Thames. During the nineteenth century, shipbuilding quickly became a heavy engineering industry dominated by large businesses, and on the Thames this evolution was essentially brought about by the imagination and actions of Mare. He was not ultimately very successful, but he did have visionary qualities, and this article examines his achievements as an ironmaster on the London river and his pivotal importance to the way in which shipbuilding developed in the capital.

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2011 Maney Publishing
ISSN
1749-6322
eISSN
0305-8034
DOI
10.1179/174963211X12924714058643
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Abstract

AbstractOne of the many oddities of the business history of London is that, despite its distance from iron ore and coal deposits, it had two major nineteenth-century ironworks. Thames Ironworks and Millwall Ironworks were the two London shipbuilders of real size, and both were brought into being by Charles Mare, who was so convinced by the possibilities of large-scale iron shipbuilding as to twice risk his personal wealth by establishing vertically integrated iron shipyards on the Thames. During the nineteenth century, shipbuilding quickly became a heavy engineering industry dominated by large businesses, and on the Thames this evolution was essentially brought about by the imagination and actions of Mare. He was not ultimately very successful, but he did have visionary qualities, and this article examines his achievements as an ironmaster on the London river and his pivotal importance to the way in which shipbuilding developed in the capital.

Journal

The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and PresentTaylor & Francis

Published: Mar 1, 2011

Keywords: CHARLES MARE; LONDON SHIPBUILDING; LONDON IRONWORKS; THAMES IRONWORKS; BUSINESS FAILURE; OVEREND GURNEY

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