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 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.

Crosby Engineering Co

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of 23 Crosby Row, Long Lane, London, SE1

  • Manufacturers and suppliers in Great Britain.

Crosby:[1]

1937 Case-hardening specialists and wire rope clip manufacturers.

1880s Produced the forged wire rope clip

1925 Produced wire rope guards on sheaves that can be opened for easy reeving

1958 Forge load rating (working load limit) directly onto product

1973 Quench and temper fittings for more reliable performance

1977 Forge Product Identification Code (PIC) into each product that allows traceability to its respective date of production and material certification

1991 Rate products as Fatigue Rated

1992 Forge patented QUIC-CHECK™ markings into hooks, shackles, and various other rigging products to assist users in determining proper use

1996 Produced a crane block that can be reeved without removing the wedge socket from wire rope in the United States


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Sources of Information

  1. [thecrosbygroup.com]Crosby