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.

Donald Drayson

From Graces Guide

1887 Born in High Barnet, son of Walter and Helen Drayson

1905 Worked at Clayton and Shuttleworth, Lincoln (apprenticeship_

1907 King's College, London; vacation work at J. Tylor and Sons

1909-11 Apprentice with North Eastern Railway, Gateshead Works.

1912 Assistant locomotive superintendent Nigerian Railway

1918 Associate member of I Mech E

1962 Died

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Sources of Information

  • Mechanical Engineering records