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Messrs. Smith Bros., of Thrapstone, had a small self-moving engine at the Smithfield Show in 1861, driven by chain gearing. <ref>Steam Locomotion on Common Roads by William Fletcher. Published 1891. </ref>  
Messrs. Smith Bros., of Thrapston, had a small self-moving engine at the Smithfield Show in 1861, driven by chain gearing. <ref>Steam Locomotion on Common Roads by William Fletcher. Published 1891. </ref>  


presumably related to [[Smith and Grace]]
1861 Dissolution of  the  Partnership between [[Nathaniel  Smith]] and  Robert Smith, as  Engineers  and  Agricultural  Implement  Manufacturers,  at  the  Nene  Side  Iron  Works, Thrapston, in  the  county  of  Northampton, under  the  firm of  Smith Brothers. All  debts received and  paid  by  Nathaniel  Smith.<ref>London Gazette 3 September 1861</ref>
 
[[Nathaniel Smith]] founded his business in Thrapston to produce agricultural implements, which later became [[Smith and Grace]]


== See Also ==
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[[Category: Town - Kettering]]
[[Category: Town - Kettering]]
[[Category: Portable Steam Engines]]
[[Category: Portable Steam Engines]]
[[Category: Agricultural Machinery]]

Latest revision as of 16:37, 22 January 2020

Messrs. Smith Bros., of Thrapston, had a small self-moving engine at the Smithfield Show in 1861, driven by chain gearing. [1]

1861 Dissolution of the Partnership between Nathaniel Smith and Robert Smith, as Engineers and Agricultural Implement Manufacturers, at the Nene Side Iron Works, Thrapston, in the county of Northampton, under the firm of Smith Brothers. All debts received and paid by Nathaniel Smith.[2]

Nathaniel Smith founded his business in Thrapston to produce agricultural implements, which later became Smith and Grace

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Sources of Information

  1. Steam Locomotion on Common Roads by William Fletcher. Published 1891.
  2. London Gazette 3 September 1861