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 162,253 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.

William Knott and Son

From Graces Guide
May 1921.
March 1922.

of Fairfield Street, Manchester.

1876 Company established by William Knott.

1907 Sam Knott joined the firm which became William Knott and Son.

1913 Incorporated as a limited company.

1914 Steam and hydraulic engineers. [1]

1925 Apparently acquired by Dunlop Rubber Co[2] as part of its strategy to broaden its business into general rubber goods trade.


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Sources of Information

  1. 1914 Whitakers Red Book
  2. The Times, 16 December 1925