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 162,256 pages of information and 244,497 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.

Willoughby Brothers

From Graces Guide
1866.
Willoughby Bros winch at Cotehele Quay.
Drain cover.

of Central Foundry, Plymouth

The Willoughby Bros shipbuilding yard was based in Plymouth, Devon, England. It had a 200 foot berth, an engine works and a foundry. It mainly built tugs, coasters, Saltash ferries and Blackpool excursion steamers.

1897 Novel refuse destructor invented by S. Willoughby of Chiswick, a partner in the firm; the destructor was installed at Lewisham[1]

It was sold to new owners at the end of the nineteenth century

1920s Company closed in the 1920s.



  • Old cast lamp post seen at Fagin's (AIT)


See Also

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Sources of Information

  • British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss