The Bruntons of BC Press in Chennai’s Royapuram

BC Press Road is simply a abbreviated agelong going eastbound westbound successful Royapuram. In a metropolis that abbreviates everything, it is nary astonishment that cipher successful that country seems to callback what those initials stood for. It was with immoderate sizeable trouble that it could beryllium recovered that the roadworthy was named aft the Brunton Cotton Press – a short-lived entity.

But, down it is the communicative of an full family, that of the Bruntons. It nevertheless begins with a dreamer – Josiah Marshall Heath, who having joined the East India Company successful 1806 arsenic a Writer, roseate to go Deputy Commercial Resident astatine Salem by 1812. Having travel to cognize of the beingness of robust ore successful the vicinity, helium resigned his position, went backmost to England, studied metallurgy and returned successful 1830 to acceptable up the Porto Novo Steel and Iron Company astatine that eponymous port, present known arsenic Parangipettai. The task was a nonaccomplishment but spluttered done assorted avatars earlier winding up successful the 1870s.