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 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 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.

Smith and Grumbridge

From Graces Guide

of Major Street, Manchester

1857 Advertisement: 'Engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Machine Brokers, and others- MR P. GRANT has received instructions from Messrs Smith and Grumbridge (in consequence of a dissolution of partnership) to SELL BY AUCTION, without reserve, on the premises, Nos. 66 and 68, Major-street, Manchester, on Friday next, the 24th April 1857, the Whole of the WORKING PLANT, now in excellent condition, which includes a very superior planing machine, by Collier, capable of planing 12ft. by 3ft. 2in. with gearing &c complete; first-rate slide and screw cutting lathe, 16ft. bed, 12½ in. headstock, with change wheels, face plates, eight screw chuck compound slide rest, &c. ; 9in. geared lathe, with face plates and top motion ; several superior single speed lathes, also complete with face plates and top motion ; 5in. ditto with hollow spindle ; excellent portable smith's forge, anvil, very superior grindstone, 4ft. diameter, with cast iron trough, frame, and pulley; the whole of the driving shafting, including hangers, pulley strapping, sc.; several vices, nearly new, and benches; mandrel block and mandrels, by Holmes; 6in. slide rests, a quantity of turning and other tools, sets of taps and dies, steam gauge, hydraulic lifting jack, boring apparatus and bars; number of malleable iron gaspipe elbows, variety of patterns; gas stove and office fixtures; also considerable number of gas regulators and patent sewing machines; large machine for making letter-press printers' brass rule, &c—On view the day prior and morning of sale, when catalogues may be obtained.—Any other information from the Auctioneer, Riding's Court, Manchester.—The PREMISES TO BE LET, with 8-horse power Steam Engine.' [1]

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Sources of Information

  1. Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, Saturday 18th April 1857