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 167,670 pages of information and 247,074 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.

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June 1872.
1882.
Ten bucket fire extinguisher at London Canal Museum

Engineers of Gedling Street, Dockhead, London, SE.

1882 Makers of stationary steam engines and hoists.

Makers of a 'ten bucket fire extinguisher'. This was a water-filled galvanised iron box containing ten nested buckets.

1884 'makers of friction, and other sack tackles and hoists; improved safety lifts, corn and rice mills, &c., to suit shipping and export requirements'[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. Lloyd's List - Friday 07 March 1884