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 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.

Smith Brothers (Leicester)

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1905. From Mechanical World Year Book.

of Batten Street, Aylestone Park, Leicester

1897 company founded by Walter Smith as a manufacturer of boilers for the shipping industry

1901 Walter Smith was a mill furnisher, an employer[1]

1905 Advert for 'The Twin Tube' steam trap. [2]

1907 Private company incorporated

1911 John Frank Smith, brother of William, was a mill furnisher(dealer) and director of a limited company. Another brother, Ralph, was an engineer's traveler and mill furnisher[3]

Principal subsidiaries:

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Sources of Information

  1. 1901 census
  2. Mechanical World Year Book 1905. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p11
  3. 1911 census