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 167,394 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.

Robert Dale Nicol

From Graces Guide

Robert "Bob" Dale Nicol (1870-1938) of R. D. Nicol and Co

1870 Born in Dumbarton, son of George Nicol, ship repairer of Edinburgh

Apprenticed on board ship

Joined the Vacuum Oil Co

1901 A mechanical engineer, boarding in Nevilles Cross, Durham[1]

1908 Joined the Phoenix Lodge in Rotherham

1911 Oil manufacturer and engineer (born in Dumbarton), visiting the Dryden family in Bradfield near Sheffield[2]

1923 of Sheffield, admitted to the Company of Plumbers[3]

1938 Died in Sheffield

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Sources of Information

  1. 1901 census
  2. 1911 census
  3. Freedom of the City of London