Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,689 pages of information and 247,075 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.
of Birmingham
1849 Directory: Listed as Wire Drawers
1852 James Horsefall started producing music wire.
1853 He patented his heat treatment process for wire. He was also made a wire grade especially for a plough manufacturer in Leeds.
1855 Joseph Webster joined the business which became Webster and Horsfall
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