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 162,240 pages of information and 244,492 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.

Barron and Crowther

From Graces Guide

1924 Made a special furnace and annealing pot for wire-drawing[1]

1946 Acquired by Eastleigh Engineering Co which adopted this company's name

1968 Acquired by Thomas W. Ward which was complementary to Marshall Richards Machine Co, makers of wire-drawing machinery, already part of the group[2]

1970 Presumably part of Marshall Richards Barcro of Eastleigh, maker of wire drawing machinery[3]

1972 Marshall Richards Barcro of Crook and Eastleigh[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1924/07/25
  2. The Times Apr 05, 1968
  3. The Times, Mar 11, 1970
  4. The Times, Nov 27, 1972