Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,711 pages of information and 247,105 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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1791 Francis Thompson (1747-1809) built an atmospheric engine at Oakerthorpe Colliery which was subsequently moved to Pentrich Colliery - for a description of the engine as it was seen in the early 20th century see The Engineer 1917/01/19).
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