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 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 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 Stevens (of Southwark)

From Graces Guide

Darlington Works, Southwark, Bridge Road.

Engineer and inventor of the water gas meter. [1]

Presumably connected with Stevens and Sons of Darlington Works, Southwark

1847 Patents granted: 'James Stevens, of Darlington Works, Southwark Bridge-road, engineer, for improvements in apparatus, for conveying signals or communications between distant places ; parts of which are also applicable to lamps and burners. March 10 ; six months.'[2]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1858/01/15
  2. Greenock Advertiser - Tuesday 23 March 1847