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 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Britannia Foundry (Langport)

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of Langport, Somerset

1810 Advert: 'BRITANNIA FOUNDRY. R. DOWN, Iron Founder, Smith, and Steam Engine Maker, returns thanks to his Friends for favours, and, having taken Mr. WILLIAM WHITE into Partnership, they will extend. the Business in all its Branches, and humbly solicit the support of the Public. Langport, 30th July, 1810. DOWN and WHITE.' [1]

R. Down = Richard Down?

By 1813 the patternship had been dissolved, and the business was carried on as White and Webber.


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Sources of Information

  1. Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser, 9 August 1810