Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,649 pages of information and 247,065 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
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Samuel Phillips was making fire engines by 1760.
1797 Phillips & Hopwood was founded.
1799 A fine cast iron well pump of 1799 is preserved on Cornhill, London. See photos.
1811 The business was that of James Hopwood; by 1818 it was Hopwood and Tilley; by 1825 Tilley and Co
1850 At the end of the year, the business became Shand, Mason and Co
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