Founding Brass George Stewardson And Extruded Metals
Transport & Engineering Biography & Memoir Business & Economics
Founding Brass: George Stewardson and Extruded Metals by Robin Stewardson charts the rise of a quiet Australian pioneer who turned a modest brass extrusion works into a global metals powerhouse. This 2011 biography blends family memoir with industrial history, showing how George Stewardson’s innovations shaped everything from plumbing fittings to aerospace components.
Robin Stewardson, grandson of the founder, writes with first-hand insight and technical clarity, making the engineering advances accessible to both business readers and history buffs. Young adults curious about manufacturing or entrepreneurship will find the 334-page narrative an inspiring, true-to-life lesson in perseverance and ingenuity.
The paperback is in very good condition—crisp, unmarked pages, no dog-ears, a tight spine, and no smoke or storage odors. It’s an ideal reference for collectors of Australian industrial history or anyone hunting a clean copy of this specialised title.
Grab this standalone volume to explore the brass extrusion industry’s evolution through the eyes of the family that lived it.
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