Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,797 pages of information and 247,161 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.
of Sheffield
1864 Ambrose Firth set up in business as A. Firth and subsequently as Brightside Foundry Co.
1879 Jabez Stanley, ironfounder, of Brightside Foundry Co[1]
1897 Brightside Foundry Co was involved in the Federation of Engineers lock-out[2]
1899 Incorporated as Brightside Foundry and Engineering Co
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