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 162,257 pages of information and 244,499 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.

Joseph Brown (Maidstone)

From Graces Guide

1785 Advertisement: 'MAIDSTONE, in KENT. JOSEPH BROWN, Nephew and Successor to Mr. WILLIAM BROWN, late of Maidstone, Iron Screw, Pump, and Engine Maker, presumes to inform his Friends and the Public, that (after twenty Years Practice with the said WILLIAM BROWN in the above Business) he now carries on the same in all its Branches, humbly elicits their Countenance and Support, and assures them every Order shall be properly executed, and the Favour gratefully acknowledged.
Sells all Sorts of Engines and Pumps, either in Brass, Copper, Lead, or Wood; together with Screws, both right and left handed for Paper-mills, and other Iron Work as cheap as in London. Pumps made to raise Water from Wells One Hundred Feet deep, to by one Person, and the Water carried in any Direction.
Also W. MOORE, Smith to the abovesaid W. BROWN makes all Sorts of Press Bars, Spindles, Roll Bars, Plates, Gudgeons, and Mill Brasses, with the greatest Care and Punctuality.'[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. Kentish Gazette - Friday 22 July 1785