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 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 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.

Kennet Ironworks

From Graces Guide

Two different firms here - at Reading and Hungerford??

1867 Advert: Deacon's Patent Steam Engine is the cheapest, best and most economical engine made - for particulars address Deacon & Co Kennet Iron Works, Reading,'[1]

1879 April. Advertisement. 'Charles Stuart, Engineer and Machinist...having removed from the Kennet Iron Works, Hungerford[2]

1905 Messrs F. A. Smith, Kennet Ironworks, Reading, showed brick-making machines at the Building Trades Exhibition[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] English Mechanic and Mirror of Science, 18 Jan 1867
  2. Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette - Tuesday 01 April 1879
  3. The Engineer 1905/05/05