Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 166,627 pages of information and 246,591 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.
1857 The British Electric Telegraph Co merged with the English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Co to form the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Co.
1858 Chief office: 2 Exchange Buildings, Liverpool[1].
1869 The company was recorded as using Bright's acoustic telegraphic instrument[2].
1870 The cables laid in 1853 and 1854, together with the company itself, were taken over by the GPO.
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