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* Later concentrated on ship work and the casting of propellers | * Later concentrated on ship work and the casting of propellers | ||
* Records in North Lincolnshire Archives for Harper, Phillips & Co Ltd, Albion foundry, Grimsby: records 1903-90 | |||
==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
* Steam Engine Builders of Lincolnshire by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1955 by Goose and Son | * Steam Engine Builders of Lincolnshire by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1955 by Goose and Son | ||
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of Albion Foundry, Great Grimsby
- 1870 Company established by George Drewery a Blacksmith in Queen Street
- 1882 Company owned by Alfred Drewery
- 1892 The name had changed to Drewery and Harper and described as Iron and Brass Founders
- 1900 Listed as Harper and Co
- 1903 They are listed as Harper, Phillips and Co'
- 1900-1914 Designed a steam engine and sold a number
- 1921 Produced a steam seine
- Later concentrated on ship work and the casting of propellers
- Records in North Lincolnshire Archives for Harper, Phillips & Co Ltd, Albion foundry, Grimsby: records 1903-90
Sources of Information
- Steam Engine Builders of Lincolnshire by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1955 by Goose and Son