Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 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 Oldbury, Birmingham
1916 5-ton steam wagon (CW 1531) built for John Riley and Sons
1918 British Cyanides Co acquired Fred Danks Ltd to provide room for expansion at Oldbury (and which also turned out to be a good business investment)[1].
1920 The boiler making activities of Fred Danks Ltd were closed because of competition from secondhand boilers[2].
Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright © 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. The text of this web site is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Maintained by Sapere Software