Limmer Holdings

Limmer Holdings
IndustryConstruction
Founded1881
Defunct1971
FateAcquired
SuccessorTarmac
HeadquartersLondon, UK
Key people
Sir William Barnes, (Chairman)[1]

Limmer Holdings was a major contracting business based in London.

History

The Company was founded circa 1881 as the Limmer & Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company with the objective of undertaking road contracting using high quality asphalt from Limmer in Germany[2] and from the Pitch Lake in Trinidad.[3] The company was based in Carnwarth Road in Fulham and secured major contracts for surfacing the roads of London.[4] The asphalt was imported and the stone came by barge from Scotland.[4] The Company was acquired by Tarmac in 1971.[5]

References

  1. ^ The Papers of Sir William Gorell Barnes
  2. ^ Popular Science December 1882
  3. ^ History of the Company Lake Asphalt of Trinidad and Tobago
  4. ^ a b Sands End Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Notes on Financial Times Actuaries Index 1971