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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.

Thomas Vale and Sons

From Graces Guide
September 1909.

of Stourport, Worcs., contractors

1869 Company established. See Thomas Vale

Incorporated as a Limited Company.

1914 Gasholder and tank contractors. Specialities: horizontal retort settings on Klönne system of regenerators, vertical retort settings on the Woodall Duckham system. Employees 300. [1]

1914 Directors: F. Vale (Managing Director and Chairman), T. E. Vale (Managing Director), R. P. Vale (Secretary). Business: Gasholder, Tank Contracting, Horizontal Retort Settings on Klonne System of Regenerators, Vertical Retort Settings on the Woodall Duckham System.

1921 Gas mains laying[2]

1980 Management buy-out of the business

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. 1914 Whitakers Red Book
  2. [1] Historic England