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 164,954 pages of information and 246,436 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.

John Grafton

From Graces Guide

1824 Grafton erected his first retorts at Cambridge Gas Works. These consisted of square ovens built of firebrick, holding 4-5 cwt. of coal at a charge, much more than had been possible in the small cast iron retorts.

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