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 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 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. H. Wakefield and Co

From Graces Guide

of Gatebeck Gunpowder Mills, near Kendal, Cumbria; also at Lowwood Mills, near Ulverston.

1764 Company established.

1914 Explosives manufacturers. [1]

1918 Incorporated into Explosives Trades Ltd as part of the merger of 29 makers of explosives[2]

1932 Formation of ICI (Explosives) which would include 11 companies controlled by ICI including W. H. Wakefield and Co[3].

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Sources of Information

  1. 1914 Whitakers Red Book
  2. The Times, Dec 02, 1918
  3. The Times, 7 April 1932