Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 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.
Established by the Ministry of Munitions for drying timber for aircraft - located at the works of 2 railway companies.
* Lancing
Opened: July 1918 Area: two-compartment kiln Management: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company Ltd.
* Swindon
Construction started: September 1917. Opened: July 1918. Area: four-compartment kiln. Management: Great Western Railway Company Ltd.
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