This cast iron sign must be exceptionally durable, its in a very exposed place but still seems to have much of its original paint despite the fact the Dorman Long became part of British Steel in 1967.
Dorman Long Sign
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Another (and much larger DL sign) is on the side of the big concrete hopper on the west side of the South Bank Coke Oves Battery and which faces the railwy line and the Black Path. As this plnat has been spared the TCP axe, it should still be in place for some years yet.
As I live in London, I am a frequent vistor to Embankment tube station. In one of the overhead beams over the southbound platform can be seen the legend “Dorman Long & Co, Middlesbrough”.
I served my time at Dorman Long as a boilermaker/welder, I now live in Dunedin NZ and on our local dry dock by the wharf is a large steel RSJ bearing the Dorman Long name, it was great to see.
Readers may be pleased to know that in Africa, at least, the Dorman Long name continues. It is now a 100% Nigerian owned steel fabricaiton company.
See link http://www.dormanlongeng.com/Content/viewcontent.aspx?linkLvl1Id=7&linkId=37