Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.
Of Hope Foundry, Preston
1852 Letter from Andrew Ogle concerning a fatal boiler explosion at Euxton, describing serious shortcomings observed and reported by their engineer[1].
1857 Launch of the iron vessel Bogota from their shipbuilding yard at March End. Built for Blythe and Troughton. Also launched on the same day, an iron-hulled yacht, the Anne, designed by Jonathan Grindrod of Liverpool for his own use[2].
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