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 167,826 pages of information and 247,161 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.

David C. Proudfoot

From Graces Guide

1871: 3 April: Patent sealed, D C Proudfoot, Edinburgh, for improvements in the construction of roads and other surfaces for traffic[1]

1884 D C Proudfoot was the roads surveyor for Edinburgh Council.[2]

See Also

Sources of Information

  1. Aris's Birmingham Gazette - Saturday 10 June 1871
  2. Edinburgh Evening News - Friday 16 May 1884