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 164,616 pages of information and 246,219 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.

Acme Machine Co

From Graces Guide
1891. Acme Gas Engine.

Acme Machine Co of Glasgow. Also see Acme Manufacturing Co

1881 Formerly Burt and Morison

1885/86 Listed as 'Acme Machine Co., 231 Argyll St; works, 1 Canning st.'[1]

1890 Illustration and article on their gas engine (16 hp) [2]

1894 Listed as 'Acme Machine Co, Henrietta Place, Henrietta St' under 'Machine Makers and Millwrights'.[3]

Also made Acme Wringers


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Sources of Information

  1. 1885/86 Post Office Directory of Glasgow
  2. The Engineer 1890/04/04 p285
  3. 1894/95 Post Office Directory of Glasgow