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 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 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.

Lawrence Brothers

From Graces Guide

of City Ironworks, Pitfield St, London

1852 Frederick Lawrence (1828-1864) entered into partnership with his brother, Alfred Lawrence, and they jointly established the City Ironworks, London, where Frederick was able to turn to practical account his mathematical and engineering knowledge.

early 1850s: supplied sluices for the improvement of the River Lea Navigation

1858 Showed patented sluice for locks

1862 Special recognition at the 1862 London Exhibition


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