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 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.

G. F. G. Des Vignes and Co

From Graces Guide

of 17 Victoria St (1895)

of Orleans Works, Teddington.(1896)

of West London Engineering Works, Gunnersbury (1907)

The company of George Francis Gabriel Des Vignes, presumably successor to Des Vignes and Charman

1895 Built a launch from Bull's metal for Messrs. Siemens for use with the cable ship Faraday[1]

1896 A horseless carriage was under construction powered by a steam engine as used in the company's high speed river launches.



1907 G. F. G. Des Vignes, of the West London Engineering Works, Gunnersbury, manufactured an improved power hack saw and a bench drilling machine[2]

1908 Designed a treble throw pump[3]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1896/01/03
  2. The Engineer 1907
  3. The Engineer 1908