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 162,241 pages of information and 244,492 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.

W. A. Rose and Co

From Graces Guide
From the 1862 London Exhibition Catalogue
1868.
1869.
1869.
1874.
1876.
September 1911.

of 66 Upper Thames Street, London, EC

1840 The company was formed by Sir William Anderson Rose when he took over and continued an existing business of long standing.

1868 company known as Sir W. A. Rose and Co

1869 Advert. Manufacturers of White Lead, Colour, Varnish, Railway Grease etc. [1]

1914 Oil boilers and refiners, white lead, paint, varnish and grease manufacturers. Specialities: colza oil for lighthouses, bath and decorative enamels, paints, lubricants etc. [2]

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Sources of Information

  1. Bradshaw’s Railway Manual 1869
  2. 1914 Whitakers Red Book