Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,649 pages of information and 247,065 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.
1822 Born in Bolton
1850 Founded Globe Ironworks in Stalybridge
1871 Nail and clog iron manufacturer, iron master employing 250 persons, widower, lived in Dukinfield with James Woolley Summers 22, Hannah Summers 19, William Summers 17, Walter Summers 8, Henry Hall Summers 6, Frank Bright Summers 2, Mary Woolley Summers 6 Months[1]
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