1. Engineering
excellence fit
for Queen
and Country
2012 marks the start of an important twelve
months, historically for Steelway. In early January
2013 we celebrate 85 years of trading here at our
Queensgate Works site in Wolverhampton.
It's been an eventful few years and while the world's eyes will be on
London in June for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, we at Steelway
will be quietly reflecting on the (minor) role we had in helping to
crown the Queen back in 1953.
This may seem like a tall claim but what many people possibly do not
realise is that in 1937 Steelway manufactured the pedestrian crowd
control barriers for the coronation of the Queen's father King George VI.
These barriers due to their special design and highly engineered
construction were fit for use 16 years later to keep the crowds of
well-wishers safe.
We have built on this engineering expertise and other notable projects
which we have worked on include two James Bond films, the Thames
Barrier, Forth Bridge and the July 2000 famous charity tennis event for
the NSPCC Full Stop campaign at Buckingham Palace.
In the late 1970's we complied the now highly sought after A5 Technical
Guide which was so well received that more than 20 years after the last
edition rolled off the Printing presses (the famous “red book edition”) we
are regularly asked if we still produce the guide. We have in the last
twelve months taken on eight apprentices who are currently in the
process of learning all of the knowledge and engineering expertise that
we have gained over the last 84 years which ensures that should our
services be required in the future for our third coronation we will be well
placed to assist in our own small way.