Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Thomas Lawday

From Graces Guide

Born in London in 1778. Married in 1808.

Employed by Hall of Dartford as an engineer to erect steam engines in spinning mills at Essonnes, St.-Quentin, Lille, Cambrai, Paris, Mulhouse, Gubweiller and Elbeuf. He than established his own company as an engineer-mechanician in the rue Saint-Julien, Rouen, early in 1825. [1]

1833 According to Thomas Powell, "The first important factory for the construction of steam engines at Rouen was founded about the year 1833, by Mr. Lawday."[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] 'Les Anglais-en France, et plus particulièrement en Normandie, dans la "révolution industrielle" (1715-1880)' by Serge Chassagne, Études Normandes, 2013 62-2; pp. 121-140
  2. Engineering 21 June 1878 p504