Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,237 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

J. P. Almond

From Graces Guide

J. P. Almond of North Shields

Shipbuilders. Example: 1860 tug J P Almond [1]

Small grasshopper engine at Shambler’s Wharf, Cowes, Isle of Wight [2]. The engine drove slipway haulage machinery at E. Cole and Sons Shambler’s Yard, running on compressed air when photographed by George Watkins in 1969. He recorded the output as about 8 - 10 HP. Cylinder 12" bore, 2' 3" stroke.[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] Tyne Tugs website
  2. [2] Photo of engine at Shamblers Wharf
  3. ‘Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Volume 7: The South & South West, by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd