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 162,241 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.

David Budworth

From Graces Guide
1956.

David Budworth Ltd, of Harwich, developer of small gas turbines.

Company founded by David Dutton Budworth, a Royal Navy officer, to develop and manufacture gas turbines up to 1000hp[1]

1956 Made a replica of a whale's head for a film

1972 Worldwide customers for the gas turbines

1974 Went into receivership when David Budworth died[2]

1975 The company was acquired by Noel Penny Turbines

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Jul 20, 1972
  2. The Times, Jan 24, 1975