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 167,694 pages of information and 247,076 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.

Read and Partners

From Graces Guide

Founded in November 1920 by Herbert James Read forming a partnership with H. J. Butcher and W. J. Branson both of whom like himself, worked for the firm of Edmundson's Electricity Corporation and with D. Dunham previously of BTH.

The firm specialised in electrical installations for country houses, farms and works, with offices at 53, Victoria-street, Westminster. Mr James Garnett also joined the staff of the new company.[1]



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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1920/11/19