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.
Section of mooring rope, 3 ft circumference, made in 1951 by British Ropes of Roker for Barcelona HarbourModel of Doxford turret ship QuedaModel of Doxford diesel engine, c.1924Model of 'Empire Liberty'. The ship was built in Sunderland in 1941 by J. L. Thompson and SonsOil lamp and optics from the Sunderland South Pier lighthouse, built by Thomas Meik in 1856. The lighthouse, having a wrought iron skin on a cast iron frame, was moved to Cliff Park, Roker, in 1982Model of coal-handling collier. See detail belowClamp for splicing heavy duty ropesModel marine boilerLarge Brown's Slide Rule for marine engineersModel anchors
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, in Burdon Road, Sunderland
A welcoming museum in the centre of Sunderland, providing a good reminder of Sunderland's vanished traditional industries. This is important, given that that strenuous efforts have been made in the city to eliminate tangible traces of those industries which made Sunderland famous.