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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.
formerly Wood and Gee
John Wood & Sons Ltd of Barley Brook Foundry and Engineering Works, Wigan, maker of hauling engines, winding engines, pumping engines, tipplers, steel belts, pulleys, gears[1]
By 1949 was a member of the Walmsleys (Bury) Group[2]
A haulage engine can be seen running at Mill Meece Pumping Station
A capstan engine is preserved at Astley Green Colliery
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