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 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 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.

Julius Griffth

From Graces Guide

of Brompton, Middlesex

1821 Patented a locomotive carriage [1]

1822 September. Steam Land Carriage. Mr. Griffiths has nearly completed his 'patent land carriage' for conveying goods and passengers. It will have an engine of 6 h.p. and will move a load of five tons at six miles per hour. [2] [3] [4]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c., Saturday, January 05, 1828
  2. Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal (Truro, England), Saturday, September 07, 1822
  3. The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, October 11, 1822
  4. The Leeds Mercury, Saturday, October 5, 1822