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 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 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.

James Light and Son

From Graces Guide
1876.
1923.

of Salisbury House, London, EC2

of 9 Rumford Street, Liverpool (1914)

1857 Company established by James Light.

1876 His son became a partner in the firm and they began trading as James Light and Son.

1896 Incorporated as a limited company.

1911 Manufacturer of Lubricating Oils for the Railways.[1]

1914 Oil refiners and blenders. Specialities: cylinder oils for dry and wet steam; crank case oil for forced lubrication; crank case oil for splash lubrication; sealing oil for refrigerators; turbine and gas engine oil; marine engine, cylinder and lamp oils; all kinds of lubricating and burning oils; also wool oils. [2]

1937 Lubricating oil specialists. "Lauto" Lubricating Oils. "Lautolatum" Greases. [3]

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