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.

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Samuel Hanson (Manchester)

From Graces Guide

Fleet Street, Manchester

1799 Advert: 'To be SOLD by AUCTION, On Thursday the 7th Day of March 1799, at Mr. Samuel Hanson's Factory, Top of Fleet-street, Manchester,
A Small Drawing Frame, four 18 Inch Engines, a Devil for breaking Cotton, Willow for cleaning ditto, Quantity of Cans, &c. twelve Jennies in good Condition, a Stove and Pipes, Weights and Scales, two large Reels, a Rap Reel, Counter, Lumber, &c. six complete Sets of sliding Stands and Caps, for Mules of a large Size, finished; a Quantity of Brass bevil Wheels, and other Brass, finished and unfinished; Quantity Iron Screws, Bolts, Iron fluted Rollers, Mule Spindles, and other Materials to Machine Makers and Spinners. The Sale to begin at Eleven o'Clock.'[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. Manchester Mercury - Tuesday 26 February 1799