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 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 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.

William Blacket Haigh (1820-1883)

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William Blacket Haigh (1820-1883).

William Blacket Haigh (1820-1883) of W. B. Haigh and Co

1863 Patent. Improved Equilibrium Saw Frame. William B. Haigh, Oldham.[1]

1865 Patent. Improvement is machinery for moulding or cutting moulds. William B. Haigh, Oldham, and William Bissell, Wolverhampton.[2]

1871 Living at 147 Huddersfield Road, Oldham: William B. Haigh (age 51 born Oldham), Master Machinist employing 44 men and 5 boys. With his wife Sarah Haigh (age 51 born Oldham) and their three children; Ellen Haigh (age 18 born Oldham); William B. Haigh (age 16 born Oldham); and Noel N. Haigh (age 14 born Oldham).[3]

1874 Patent. Improvements in furnaces or cupolas for melting metals. William B. Haigh and Adam Bleasby, Oldham.[4]


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Sources of Information

  1. Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 06 February 1864
  2. Birmingham Journal - Saturday 21 April 1866
  3. 1871 Census
  4. Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 14 August 1874