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 174,148 pages of information and 250,321 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.

Lundy Granite Co

From Graces Guide

17 Old Broad Street, London

1863 The company was formed, initially with capital of £25,000, which was extended to £100,000 later in the year. The granite to be extracted from Lundy Island, situated in the Bristol Channel, was said to be of a superior quality and the company had secured a contract to supply stone for the first section of the Thames Embankment.[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ London Evening Standard 30 October 1863
  • The National Archives BT 31/7733/55273