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Post-WWII: Manufacturer of domestic water tanks, complete factory-built plumbing units, lead pipe and sheet, etc, builders merchants and electrical wholesaler, and a glass department. Gratrix Holdings was incorporated as a public company; Samuel Gratrix Ltd was the operating company with two subsidiaries; [[Byrom Manufactures]] Ltd and Gratrix (Leeds) Ltd.<ref>The Times ,  Oct. 30, 1946</ref>
Post-WWII: Manufacturer of domestic water tanks, complete factory-built plumbing units, lead pipe and sheet, etc, builders merchants and electrical wholesaler, and a glass department. Gratrix Holdings was incorporated as a public company; Samuel Gratrix Ltd was the operating company with two subsidiaries; [[Byrom Manufactures]] Ltd and Gratrix (Leeds) Ltd.<ref>The Times ,  Oct. 30, 1946</ref>


 
1958 Acquired by [[Robert Benson, Lonsdale and Co]]<ref> Nov. 6, 1958 </ref>




Revision as of 12:33, 10 November 2022

September 1950.
June 1951.
1954.
1954.
1954. Lead Manufacturing.
1954. Lead Manufacturing.
1954. Brass Foundry. Core Laying and Machine Moulding.
1954. Brass Foundry. Capstan Lathes at the company's Manchester Works.
1954. Brass Foundry and Copper Works at Trafford Park.
1954. Glass Bevelling.
1954. Leaded Light Making.
1954. Machining waste fittings at the Manchester Works.
1954. Water fittings production at the Manchester Works.
1954. Bench Moulding.
1954. Metal Pouring.
1954. Counter Services.
1954. Counter Services.
1954. Warehouse Storage.
1954. Warehouse Storage.
1954. Showroom.

Samuel Gratrix Ltd. of Quay Street, Manchester.

1820 Samuel Gratrix, aged 29, set up in business serving the plumbing and building trades from a small shop in Bridge Street, Manchester.[1]

Lead Manufacturing was based at the company's Lead Mill, Phillips Park Road, Manchester.[2]

1890 The company was incorporated[3]

1941 The premises in Quay Street, Manchester, and Bradford were damaged.

1945 Production was concentrated at a factory at Trafford Park.

Post-WWII: Manufacturer of domestic water tanks, complete factory-built plumbing units, lead pipe and sheet, etc, builders merchants and electrical wholesaler, and a glass department. Gratrix Holdings was incorporated as a public company; Samuel Gratrix Ltd was the operating company with two subsidiaries; Byrom Manufactures Ltd and Gratrix (Leeds) Ltd.[4]

1958 Acquired by Robert Benson, Lonsdale and Co[5]



See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Samuel Gratrix Ltd Catalogue 282 April 1954
  2. ↑ Samuel Gratrix Ltd Catalogue 282 April 1954
  3. ↑ The Times Oct. 30, 1946
  4. ↑ The Times , Oct. 30, 1946
  5. ↑ Nov. 6, 1958
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