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 162,345 pages of information and 244,505 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.

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From Graces Guide

1914 Reported that they had received applications for factories for the manufacture of goods in the electrical and general engineering trades, soft goods, hardware, chemical and allied industries from well known firms and syndicates proposing to establish works.[1]

1915 Disposed of sixty premises since August in the South-eastern counties. Around 2400 persons were to be engaged in these factories and about £3100 a week was paid in wages.[2]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1914/08/28
  2. The Engineer 1915/03/12, p 270.