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 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 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.

Victoria Engineering Co

From Graces Guide

of Brewery Street, Portwood, Stockport

1883 1000 HP horizontal tandem compound engine for No. 1 mill of Vernon Cotton Spinning Co of Stockport. Cylinders 30" and 54" diameter, 6 ft stroke. Flywheel 28 ft dia. Designed by J B Hamond, Managing Director[1]

1886 engine for No. 2 mill of Vernon Cotton Spinning Co. Reference: as above

1887 Works and equipment advertised for sale by auction [2]

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Sources of Information

  1. ‘Stationary Steam Engine Makers, Volume 2’ compiled by George Watkins, Catalogued by A P Woolrich, Landmark Publishing Co., 2006
  2. Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 5th February 1887