Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,797 pages of information and 247,161 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.
William Austin, civil engineer
1853 Patented a hollow building block, which could be dovetailed to form hollowed walls.
1856 of 27 Holywell-street, Westminster; proposed a sewer conduit network for use in London.
1868 of 85, St. George's-road, Southwark
1869 of 8 Culmore Terrace, Carlton Road, Old Kent Road, London.
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