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 167,710 pages of information and 247,104 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.

Humphry Smith

From Graces Guide

c.1671-1743

Land agent to the Duke of Bedford

Carried out various drainage projects on the Fens

1738 Appointed surveyor (engineer) of Deeping Fen

See Also

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Sources of Information

  • A biographical dictionary of civil engineers in Great Britain and Ireland By A. W. Skempton