Butterley Company

• 1792-1807: Benjamin Outram and Company

• English

Butterley Company was an English ironworks, engineering, mining, and construction company established at Ripley, Derbyshire. Its origins lay in the discovery of coal and ironstone during the construction of the Cromford Canal, leading Benjamin Outram, Francis Beresford, William Jessop, and John Wright to form a partnership in 1792 to mine coal and ironstone, manufacture iron, and burn limestone. Following Outram's death, the business was reorganized as the Butterley Company in 1807 and grew into one of the East Midlands' leading industrial enterprises.

The Butterley Company became a major supplier of ironwork for engineering and transportation projects throughout Britain. Its products were used on works including the Cromford and High Peak Railway, Vauxhall Bridge in London, and the great train shed of St Pancras Station. At its peak in the 1950s, the company employed around 10,000 people in its collieries, ironworks, and engineering works. Among its final notable projects were the Falkirk Wheel and Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower before the company ceased trading in 2009. - AsNotedIn