Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,645 pages of information and 247,064 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.
1893 The Heath brothers, Robert, Sir James and Arthur, formed the Birchenwood Colliery Co. They erected modern coking and byproduct plant.[1]
1925 When trade was severely depressed, the 3 Heath brothers took over the company and operated it at no profit to themselves to ensure employment for the people of Kidsgrove.
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