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 162,259 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.

Ledloy

From Graces Guide
1940.

Ledloy Ltd, of 60 Cannon St, London[1]

1939 GKN introduced onto the British market a new steel alloy, Ledloy, which was more easily machined than existing steels (due to the introduction of small amounts of lead). GKN had the licence for the British Empire[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Nov 20, 1942
  2. The Times, Jun 28, 1939