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 167,704 pages of information and 247,104 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.

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* '''Aircraft:''' [[Avro]], [[Armstrong Whitworth]], [[Blackburn]], [[Fairey]], [[De Havilland]], [[Gloster]], [[Handley Page]], [[Hawker]], [[Sopwith]], [[Supermarine]], [[Vickers]], [[Westland]] . . . [[Aircraft|more aircraft]]
'''Grace's Guide Ltd is a charity (No.1154342) for the advancement of education of the history of Industry and Engineering in the UK.'''
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* '''Bicycles:''' [[BSA]], [[Humber]], [[Raleigh]], [[Royal Enfield]], [[Rover]], [[Rudge]], [[Star]], [[Sunbeam]], [[Triumph]] . . . [[Bicycles|more bicycles]]
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<h2>Digital Library</h2>
We have '''digitised thousands of early publications''' from 1833-1950 and these are available in PDF format for a small [[Price List for Downloading PDF files|subscription]].


* '''Buses:''' [[Albion]], [[Atkinson]], [[Bedford]], [[Commer]], [[Crossley]], [[Sentinel]], [[Wolseley]] . . . [[Buses|more buses]]
'''[[Digital Library - General Engineering|General Engineering]]<br>
[[The Engineer (Bound Volumes)|The Engineer]] - (1856-1950)<br>
[[Engineering (Bound Volumes)|Engineering]] - (1866-1950)<br>
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'''[[Digital Library - Automotive| Automotive]]<br>
[[The Autocar| Autocar]] - (1895-1915)<br>
[[Automobile Engineer]] - (1910-1930)<br>
[[Automotor Journal]] - (1896-1917)<br>
[[Light Car and Cyclecar]] - (1912-1939)<br>
[[The Motor| Motor]] - (1902-1914)<br>
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'''Books<br>
[[Life of Sir William Fairbairn by William Pole: Index| Life of Sir William Fairbairn by William Pole]]<br>
[[Life of Robert Stephenson by William Pole: Index| Life of Robert Stephenson by William Pole]]<br>
[[Life of Richard Trevithick by F. Trevithick]]<br>
[[Men of Invention and Industry by Samuel Smiles]]<br>
[[The Evolution of the Parsons Steam Turbine| The Evolution of the Parsons Steam Turbine by Alexander Richardson]]
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* '''Cars:''' [[Austin]], [[Morris]], [[Humber]], [[Rover]], [[Standard]], [[Sunbeam]], [[Triumph]] . . . [[Cars|more cars]]
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* '''Locomotive Manufacturers:''' [[GKN]], [[Hunslet Engine Co]], [[Kerr Stuart and Co]], [[Metropolitan-Vickers]], [[Penydarren Ironworks]], [[Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns]], [[Vulcan Foundry]] . . . [[Locomotive Manufacturers|more locomotives]]
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* '''Locomotive Workshops:''' [[Crewe Works]], [[Derby Works]], [[Shildon Works]], [[Swindon Works]] . . . [[Locomotive Workshops|more workshops]]
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* '''Lorries and Trucks:''' [[Atkinson]], [[Bedford]], [[Dennis]], [[Guy]], [[Scammell]], [[Seddon]], [[Thornycroft]], [[Vulcan]] . . . [[Lorries and Trucks|more lorries]]
 
 
* '''Machine Tools:''' [[Alfred Herbert]], [[Bradford Machine Tool Co]], [[Cunliffe and Croom]], [[George Richards and Co]], [[Greenwood and Batley]], [[H. W. Kearns and Co]], [[H. W. Ward and Co]], [[J. Butler and Co]], [[J. Parkinson and Son]], [[John Hetherington and Sons]], [[Joseph Whitworth]], [[Kendall and Gent]], [[Smith and Coventry]], [[Tangyes]], [[Thomas Shanks and Co]], [[Webster and Bennett]] . . . [[Machine Tools|more machine tools]]
 
* '''Motorcycles:''' [[Ariel]], [[BSA]], [[Norton]], [[Triumph]], [[Velocette]] . . . [[Motorcycles|more motorcycles]]
 
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* '''Railway Companies:''' [[Great Western Railway]], [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]], [[London and North Eastern Railway]], [[Southern Railway]] . . . [[Railway Companies|more railway companies]]
 
* '''Shipbuilders:''' [[Austin and Pickersgill]], [[Barclay Curle and Co]], [[Cammell, Laird and Co]], [[Harland and Wolff]], [[R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co]], [[Short Bros]], [[Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson]] . . . [[Shipbuilders|more shipbuilders]]
 
* '''Stationary Engines:''' [[Armstrong Whitworth]], [[BTH|British Thompson Houston]], [[Brown and May]], [[Davey, Paxman and Co]], [[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co]], [[Kitson and Co]], [[Marshall, Sons and Co]], [[Maudslay, Sons and Field]], [[Robert Napier]], [[Robey and Co]], [[Ruston and Hornsby]], [[Tangyes]], [[Willans and Robinson]] . . . [[Stationary Engines|more stationary engines]]
 
* '''Steel Mills:''' [[Stewarts and Lloyds ]], [[Steel Company of Wales]], [[Dorman, Long and Co]], [[South Durham Steel and Iron Co]], [[Ebbw Vale Steelworks]], [[Gartcosh Iron and Steel Co]], [[Colvilles]], [[Stanton and Staveley]] . . . [[Steel Mills|more steel mills]]
 
* '''Textile Mills:''' [[Directory 1891 Worrall's Cotton Spinners|Cotton Mills in Manchester and Oldham]] . . . [[Cotton Mills|more cotton mills]]
 
* '''Traction Engines:''' [[Aveling-Barford]], [[Burrell]] , [[Garrett]], [[Marshall, Sons and Co]], [[Merryweather]], [[Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries]], [[Robey and Co]], [[Ruston and Hornsby]], [[Sentinel]] . . . [[Traction Engines|more traction engines]]
 
* '''Tractors:''' [[AGE]], [[Aveling and Porter]], [[Ernest Doe]], [[Fordson]], [[Ivel]], [[John Fowler and Co]], [[Richard Hornsby and Sons]] . . . [[Tractors|more tractors]]
 
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== Getting started ==
* [[Mission Statement]]
* Consult the [[Guide Sheet]] for information on using the wiki software.
* See our [[Style Guide]]
* [http://www.GracesGuide.co.uk/wiki/Special:Wantedpages] Wanted Pages
 
==Copyright==
Copyright (c) 2007. Grace's Guide.
 
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "[[GNU Free Documentation License]]".

Latest revision as of 08:06, 14 May 2024

Welcome

Support Us
Grace’s Guide is a Registered Charity and it relies upon donations and sponsors. Please help us to continue this work.

Copyright Some Important Information

Wanted. We need early magazines, books, directories, photographs etc. to help with this project and your contributions are always welcome. Our contact details are here.

Contributors. We welcome those with a specialist knowledge of industrial subjects that they can share with others through Grace's Guide. Our contact details are here.

Grace's Guide Ltd is a charity (No.1154342) for the advancement of education of the history of Industry and Engineering in the UK.

Digital Library

We have digitised thousands of early publications from 1833-1950 and these are available in PDF format for a small subscription.

General Engineering
 The Engineer - (1856-1950)
Engineering - (1866-1950)

Automotive
 Autocar - (1895-1915)
Automobile Engineer - (1910-1930)
Automotor Journal - (1896-1917)
Light Car and Cyclecar - (1912-1939)
Motor - (1902-1914)

Books
 Life of Sir William Fairbairn by William Pole
Life of Robert Stephenson by William Pole
Life of Richard Trevithick by F. Trevithick
Men of Invention and Industry by Samuel Smiles
The Evolution of the Parsons Steam Turbine by Alexander Richardson

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