Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,694 pages of information and 247,077 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.
c.1859 Business established by Joseph Hatton (1837-1900) (see advert for successor business)
1884 Steam pump exhibited at the 1884 Shrewsbury Show.[1]
Coventry Challenge Steam Pump. An improved double-acting ram pump.
c.1900 Business acquired - see Rowland Hill
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