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.

New Explosives Co

From Graces Guide

of 62 London Wall, London

1885 Company registered to acquire the business and property of the Explosives Company, Limited, including their property at Stowmarket, Penrhyndendraeth, and Pembrey.[1]

1897 Started to make and supply cordite to the War Office[2]

1906 The company was registered on 30 June, in reconstruction of a company of almost similar title. [3]

1918 Incorporated into Explosives Trades Ltd as part of the merger of 29 makers of explosives[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1885
  2. The Times, Jul 20, 1910
  3. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  4. The Times, Dec 02, 1918