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 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 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.

Farmer, Robey, Clark and Co

From Graces Guide

of Trent Foundry, Gainsborough

The business commenced in c1842 by Thomas Adwick Farmer when he is described as an Iron and Brass Founder

1868 The company was known as Farmer and Son

c1880 The company was known as Farmer, Robey, Brown and Co

1884 Exhibited a vertical engine

By 1889 the business was known as Farmer, Robey, Clark and Co

1894. Bankruptcy.[1]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  • Steam Engine Builders of Lincolnshire by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1955 by Goose and Son