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 167,711 pages of information and 247,105 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.

George Saxon

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Former works of George Saxon, at the junction of South St and Tram St, Openshaw, as seen in November 2008
George Saxon barring engine at Manchester Museum of Science & Industry

George Saxon of Openshaw Engineering Works, Manchester were makers of stationary steam engines

  • 1864 Company established to build mill engines. Exhibit at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry
  • 1886 Engine for Stamford Commercial Weaving Co, Carrs Mill, Ashton-under-Lyme
  • 1903 Engine for The Tudor Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
  • Engineering Equipment. Exhibit at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry


Sources of Information

Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10