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 162,349 pages of information and 244,505 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 Smith and Brothers

From Graces Guide
1911.
1958.
Silk weaving loom, surmounted by Jacquard equipment by Devoge and Co, at Macclesfield Silk Museum, 2011
Silk weaving loom in action at Whitchurch Silk Mill (Hampshire), 2011

of Sun Iron Works, Heywood, Lancashire.

1824 Company founded.

1894 Private company.

1910 Makers of looms for textile and carpet production, printing drums.

1961 Manufacturers of textile machinery. [1]

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