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 244,500 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.

Robert Pile Doxford

From Graces Guide
January 1888. Propeller Planing Machine.
January 1888. Propeller Planing Machine.

Robert Pile Doxford (c1851-1932), director of William Doxford and Sons, Pallion Yard, Sunderland.

c.1851 Born, the third son of William Doxford (1812-1882).

1891 Robert P Doxford, 39, marine engine builder, employer, lived in Silksworth, Durham, with Ada Doxford 35, Robert Doxford 14, Madoline Doxford 12, Arthur Doxford 11, William Doxford 9[1]

1921 Patented opposed piston engines with K. O. Keller. [2]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1891 census
  2. The Engineer 1921/07/01