Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,716 pages of information and 247,105 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.
Thomas Blackburn and Sons Ltd. of Preston, Lancashire.
1857 Company founded.
By 1922 owned C. Seward and Co
1936 Public company.
1949 Fabricators in steel, constructional steelwork, iron castings, railings and gates, metal windows, farm implements.
1961 Constructional engineers and plate fabricators. 200 employees. [1]
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