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1851 Vulcan Iron Works, West Bromwich. Thomas Spencer. "Manufacturers of railway rims and axles and every description of hammered iron". Sole manufacturers of Chambers patent wrought iron railway wheels[1].
1874 John Spencer (1846-1910) started business as a tube manufacturer at the Vulcan Tube Works, West Bromwich.
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