Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and
manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,645 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.
1786 Boulton and Watt engine, originally installed in the Southwark Brewery of Barclay, Perkins and Coc.1860s steeple engine, used at St. Leonard's Brewery 1868-1931. The Gothic-style frame, and the flywheel with wrought iron spokes, hark back to an earlier era, while the use of round slide bars is unusual
Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF.
"The corner stone of this building was laid by the lamented Prince Consort, on the 23rd of
October 1861. It is intended to receive the collection of natural
and manufactured..." Extracted from The Engineer 1862/11/28. p. 315.