1759; 265 years ago (1759) in Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom
Founder
John Roebuck
Defunct
1982 (1982)
Fate
went into receivership in 1982
Successor
Carron Phoenix
Area served
worldwide
Key people
Charles Gascoigne
Products
Cast iron products
Number of employees
2000
The Carron Company was an ironworks established in 1759 on the banks of the River Carron near Falkirk, in Stirlingshire, Scotland. After initial problems, the company was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom. The company prospered through its development and production of a new short-range and short-barrelled naval cannon, the carronade. The company was one of the largest iron works in Europe through the 19th century. After 223 years, the company became insolvent in 1982 and was later acquired by the Franke Corporation, being rebranded Carron Phoenix.
The CarronCompany was an ironworks established in 1759 on the banks of the River Carron near Falkirk, in Stirlingshire, Scotland. After initial problems...
cannon which was used by the Royal Navy. It was first produced by the CarronCompany, an ironworks in Falkirk, Scotland, and was used from the mid-18th century...
Martin's, Birmingham, in 1759. Garbett was a founding partner in the CarronCompany, also founded in 1759, and Gascoigne become a partner in the ironworks...
centre of the iron and steel industry, underpinned by the CarronCompany in nearby Carron. The company made very many different items, from flat irons to kitchen...
Carron may refer to: River Carron, Forth, a river in Central Scotland River Carron, Wester Ross River Carron, Sutherland Carron River (Queensland), a...
introduced commercially in 1776, with the first example sold to the CarronCompany ironworks. Watt continued working to improve the engine, and in 1781...
and in a swirl of disorderly events a small group marched towards the CarronCompany ironworks to seize weapons, but while stopped at Bonnymuir they were...
Lord Dundas, the boat was built by John Allan, and the engine by the CarronCompany. The first sailing was on the canal in Glasgow on 4 January 1803, with...
north of Dumfries (1731–1815) was a Scottish banker, shareholder in the CarronCompany engineering works and inventor. Miller is buried in a tomb against the...
and from the Baltic States. Being downstream from the world-famous CarronCompany also increased the volume of shipping to the town as cast iron products...
Owen Gerard Carron (born 9 February 1953) is an Irish republican activist who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 1981 to...
was a short-barrelled gun which threw a heavy ball developed by the CarronCompany, a Scottish ironworks, in 1778. Because of irregularities in the size...
involved in the manufacture of iron, and in 1759 founded the CarronCompany ironworks at Carron, Stirlingshire with Garbett and other partners (Ebenezer Roebuck...
Cowie (Stirlingshire) lay outside the Company's Clackmannanshire roots, and was formerly owned by CarronCompany (ironworkers), presumably for assuring...
'A' pillar box in Ramsgate, Kent, England. King George V post box by CarronCompany. Glasgow, Arden, Kilmuir Crescent. Commercial Air Mail service commenced...
investigating Carron's disappearance that it was noticed that Lloyd and Ryan were also missing, and like Carron, had last been seen in Rowles' company. Upfield's...
was a short-barrelled gun which threw a heavy ball developed by the CarronCompany, a Scottish ironworks, in 1778. Because of irregularities in the size...
live near Falkirk and, later, a place as engine consultant for the CarronCompany. In 1793, he developed a crank drive with a crosshead above the cylinder...
the Ford Mustang II), the Carousel prototype was built for Ford by Carron & Company of Inkster, Michigan. In 1972, Ford truck designers had begun final...
wooden hull. The boat was built by John Allan and the engine by the CarronCompany. The first sailing was on the canal in Glasgow on 4 January 1803, with...
council area of Scotland. The town lies in the Forth Valley above the River Carron which flows from the west. Larbert is three miles (five kilometres) from...
north of the airport] ironstone has been mined to a small extent by the CarronCompany (at Westerwood farm); and limestone, brick-clay, sandstone, and trap...
unable to match the much lower price that was acceptable to the Scottish CarronCompany, whose fuel was coke. A few ironworks continued operating on a very...