Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,701 pages of information and 247,103 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 Silverthorn Lane and Crew's Hole, Bristol
of Upper Parting, Gloucester
1843 William Butler, J.P., became manager of a new tar distillery in Crews Hole, which produced creosote for railway sleeper's on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Western Railway.[1]
1937 Willian Butler and Co. acquired Francis F. Fox and Co.[2]
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