Donkin, Hall & Gamble.
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 1:56 am
The world’s first can making and canning plant was established in Blue Anchor Lane South London by Donkin, Hall & Gamble and began commercial operations in May 1813 with the objective of supplying canned foods to customers, such as the British Admiralty
Donkin & Hall bought the Patent in 1812 from another Englishman Peter Durand who is credited with the first canned food patent, though it was Donkin, Hall and Gamble who made & supplied it to the World. Donkin's interest in canning ended in 1821 when he dissolved his partnership with Hall and Gamble. It isn't clear why, but the impression from his diaries is that canning was more of an engineering challenge than a passion. Of Donkin's factory, today, now a school car park on Southwark Park Road, there is little evidence of the industry which, 200 years ago, was about to spread around the globe. The firm of Donkin, Hall and Gamble was later merged into Crosse & Blackwell.
Bryan Donkin was the same person as in Donkin, Hall & Gamble.
Donkin & Hall bought the Patent in 1812 from another Englishman Peter Durand who is credited with the first canned food patent, though it was Donkin, Hall and Gamble who made & supplied it to the World. Donkin's interest in canning ended in 1821 when he dissolved his partnership with Hall and Gamble. It isn't clear why, but the impression from his diaries is that canning was more of an engineering challenge than a passion. Of Donkin's factory, today, now a school car park on Southwark Park Road, there is little evidence of the industry which, 200 years ago, was about to spread around the globe. The firm of Donkin, Hall and Gamble was later merged into Crosse & Blackwell.
Bryan Donkin was the same person as in Donkin, Hall & Gamble.