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.
of Middleboro, Mass.
This was the earliest iron rolling mill in America. Built in 1751 for Judge Peter Oliver, originally from Birmingham, England, who evidently obtained special permission to import and use the machinery. The mill was still working in 1818. See 1881 article in the 'American Machinist' for more information and drawings [1]
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