Boilermakers Records

The History

A boilermaker works with sheets of steel to produce items as varied as boilers and bridges.

Skills learned in construction of metal ships quickly transferred to other landbased applications

Since the inception of metal ships often a boilermakers skills are exchanged for those of a shipwright.

What records can you find?

The modern records centre at Warwick University maintain the archives of trade union records including the various boilermakers union.

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County Records Office and Local Museums both hold records of firms employing boilermakers