Harper, Phillips and Co
From Graces Guide
of Albion Foundry, Great Grimsby
1870 Company established by George Drewery a Blacksmith in Queen Street
1882 Company owned by Alfred Drewery
1892 The name had changed to Drewery and Harper and described as Iron and Brass Founders
1900 Listed as Harper and Co
1903 They are listed as Harper, Phillips and Co
1900-1914 Designed a steam engine and sold a number
1921 Produced a steam seine
Later concentrated on ship work and the casting of propellers
1926 July 31st, Edwin B. Phillips chairman and late managing director died.
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Sources of Information
- Steam Engine Builders of Lincolnshire by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1955 by Goose and Son
- Records in North Lincolnshire Archives for Harper, Phillips & Co Ltd, Albion foundry, Grimsby: records 1903-90