Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,647 pages of information and 247,064 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 Portwood, Stockport.
Iron founders, manufacturers of grids and manhole covers.
1834 Company established.
1918 C. T. Needham is a partner in the firm. He lives in Didsbury and is one of the local M.P.s[1]
1939 Colonel Joseph George Needham, governing director, dies. He is son of John Needham and brother of Sir Christopher T. Needham and Sir Richard A. Needham.[2]
1979 Foundry closed.
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