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 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 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.

John Harvey (1758-1829)

From Graces Guide

John Harvey (c1758-1829)

1829 November. Died. 'At Weymouth, on the of Nov. aged 71, beloved and esteemed, Mr. John Harvey, Mechanic to our late revered Monarch, George the Third; one of first proprietors of Weymouth water-works; late Civil Engineer of the Bootle water works, Liverpool and the original projector of Breakwater for Portland Roads.'[1] [2]

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Sources of Information

  1. Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Saturday 14 November 1829
  2. Sherborne Mercury - Monday 16 November 1829