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 162,237 pages of information and 244,492 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.

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Single Stage Compressor. 1906.
March 1911. "White" Automatic Spiral Lathe.
c1920. Circular Saw. Exhibit at the Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life.
1924.
1924.
c1930. Spindle Moulder. Exhibit at the Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life.
1932. Horizontal Chisel Mortising Machine.
Exhibit at the Chatham Dockyard.
c1950. Tool Grinder. Exhibit at the Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life.

of Laighpark Works, Paisley.

1863 Company founded.

1908 The business was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £35,000 in £1 shares[1]

1914 Specialities: Textile Machinery and Bobbin Machinery. Employees 300. [2]

1961 Engineers specialising in woodworking machinery. 500 employees. [3]

1968 Abrasive finisher [4]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Scotsman 23 May 1908
  2. 1914 Whitakers Red Book
  3. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  4. The Engineer of 5th July 1968 p31