Dominion Steel Corporation Ltd
Despite its grand title, Dominion Steel began as a modest safety razor blade manufacturer, based at Fleet Works, Queen’s Road. Its history is difficult to untangle. It was registered as a private limited company in 1927, with £2,000 capital. The directors were James Raymond O’Connor, Harcourt Road; and A. D. Butterley, Heigh Lane, Sacriston, Durham. The office was at Barnsley (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 13 May 1927). Butterley was a solicitor; O’Conner managed an in....
