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 167,671 pages of information and 247,074 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.

Richard Smith and Co

From Graces Guide

Richard Smith and Company were based in the port of Preston, Lancarshire, England. The yard transferred to a new site on the Ribble estuary to the East of Lytham at Lytham Creek. It then changed its name to the Lytham Shipbuilding and Engineering Co.

Sources of Information

British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss