Cravens

Cravens Railway Carriage
and Wagon Company Ltd
Company typePrivate
IndustryRailway Engineering
Foundedpre 1900
Defunct1966
FateAcquired
SuccessorMetropolitan-Cammell
HeadquartersSheffield, England, UK
Productscarriages, locomotives

Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited was a railway rolling stock builder in the Darnall district of Sheffield, England. Founded by brothers named Craven and known as Craven Brothers, later Cravens Limited, it remained a family business until John Brown & Company acquired a controlling shareholding in 1919. Its name was changed back to Cravens Limited in 1954 when it finally became a wholly owned subsidiary of John Brown.[1]

  1. ^ John Brown And Company Limited. The Times, Monday, 4 October 1954; pg. 12; Issue 53053