Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 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 Wain (1819-1882)
Born in Bolton in March 1819. In 1849 he became Chief Engineer of the Royal Danish Navy, and became Assistant Director of the Royal Dockyards in 1862. He became a partner in Burmeister and Wain in 1865 [1]. He died on 1st May 1882
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