Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,345 pages of information and 244,505 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.
1871 De Bergue and Co were appointed contractors for the Tay Bridge. They constructed a foundry to manufacture the ironwork.
1871 July 22nd The foundation stone was laid.
1873 After Charles de Bergue was taken ill, Hopkins, Gilkes and Co took over the foundry and completed the contract for the bridge.
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