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 162,258 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.

Brown and Sharpe (UK)

From Graces Guide
1961. Plymouth.
1964.
1964.
1964. Turret drilling-machine.

of Plymouth, Devon.

UK branch of Brown and Sharpe of Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

The following notes refer to the company's manufacturing activities in the UK:-

1876 Products sold in the UK through Charles Churchill and Co [1]

1955 Private company

1961 Manufacturers of machine tools and equipment. 500 employees [2]

1972 Acquired the rights to the Auto Lathes made by C. V. A. Jigs Moulds and Tools Ltd

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Sources of Information

  1. Fielden’s Magazine Vol 4
  2. * 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE