Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 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.
of Northampton and London
It was claimed that the company had been the original proposer of the use of small steam engine for fire pumps instead of hand power (rather than Merryweather and Sons)[1]
1892 Vulcan fire pump for Preston Corporation's tug 'Ribble'. See illustration.[2]
See also Fire Appliance Co.
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