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 167,850 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.

James Ogden (Oldham)

From Graces Guide

1806 Sale notice: 'To Machine-Makers and Cotton-Spinners. To be Sold by Private Contract, A QUANTITY of excellent New Machinery ; consisting of Mule Jennies, 228 spindles each, 16 inch Rollers, others of different sizes; one Throstle, of 96 spindles ; a large quantity of brass stands; caps; iron of different sorts; screws, of different sizes; files; dry Alder, plank and hoards, of excellent quality; very capital cutting engine; smiths bellows, anvil, vices, press, drill and lathes; with a quantity of articles too tedious to particularise, late the property of James Ogden, of Oldham, Machine-maker.— for particulars apply to James Clegg, White Horse, in Oldham aforesaid.'[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. Manchester Mercury - Tuesday 30 September 1806