Poole & Steel

Poole & Steel was a major Australian engineering, railway rolling stock manufacturer and shipbuilding company. They had facilities located at Balmain, New South Wales and at Osborne, South Australia. The company was set up by Arthur Hugh Poole and James Steel.^[1]

The shipyard at Osborne, South Australia was sold to the Government of South Australia in 1937.^[2]

Products of Osborne yard

600 gondola cars for South Australian Railways
500 steel box cars for South Australian Railways
100 steel cars for South Australian Railways
SS Eurimbla
SS Euwarra^[3]
SS Eugowra
Dredges and barges for Harbour Board^[3]
Bridge (Murray Bridge)^[3]

Notes

^ "Messrs Poole and Steel". The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 20 March 1911, p.4.. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15234317. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
^ "Purchase Of Port River Site". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Friday 8 January 1937, p.23.. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47775590. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Shipbuilding Plant Sold At Osbourne". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Thursday 21 January 1937, p.21.. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47778912. Retrieved 13 September 2011.