Le Grand and Sutcliff

Pump with 1878 nameplate in Beard's Yard, Langport, Somerset. See text

1889. From Engineering of 13th December.

March 1903.

October 1906.

November 1906.

January 1907.

February 1907.

September 1909.

January 1911.

August 1912.

1919.

of 100 Bunhill Row, London, E.C. (1889), artesian well drillers and contractors

1872 Company founded.

1880 Le Grand and Sutcliff listed as providing tube wells.

1920 Private company presumably Le Grand, Sutcliff and Gell

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• 1878 'LANGPORT. The men employed in boring for water in Beard's-yard, Bow-street, came to good water at a depth of about 90 feet. A pump at this spot will be a great boon to the inhabitants of the lower end of the town.'

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Sources of Information

• 1894 Brewer's Exhibition. Showed appliances for sinking well.
• The Engineer of 26th October 1894 p 357.