Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 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 Company incorporated
1897 Line opened between Purley and Kingswood on 2 November 1897,
1899 Absorbed by the South Eastern Railway
1900 extended to Tadworth on 1 July 1900
1901 Reached Tattenham Corner on 4 June 1901.
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