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 244,499 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.

George Sumner

From Graces Guide
Lubricator fitted to 1899 Buckley and Taylor engine in Porto

formerly of Rhode Bank Works, Oldham, now at Bridge Street, Oldham

  • 1850 Company founded.
  • 1919 Mechanical lubrication.
  • 1937 Brassfounders and finishers.
  • The company remain in business as engineers, machinists and fabricators [1]

Sources of Information

  1. [1] Company website