Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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G. E. Child

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Engineer and ironfounder, of Southwold, Suffolk.

1880 Erected new gasholder at Southwold [1]

1893 Advert: 'By Mr. EATON W. MOOREE. THE FOUNDRY, SOUTHWOLD TO ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. BUILDERS, GAS COMPANIES, AND OTHERS.
EATON W. MOORE is favoured with Instructions from Mr. G. E. Child, to SELL by AUCTION, THURSDAY, April 13th, 1893
Surplus stock machinery and foundry PLANT, consisting of about 10 tons of moulding boxes, core bars and plates, ladles, weights, and other working tools, large quantity of iron and wood patterns, new punching shearing machine, 2 new small punching machines, vertical steam engine and boiler on water tank foundation on iron wheels, punching machines iron stand, circular shears for catting plates, iron bench with vice and standard for drilling, large wood bench, with standard for drilling, levelling slab on stand, fire engine, contractor’s pump on wheels, iron pump with 16-inch working barrel to work by steam power, 12-inch and 9-inch ditto for manual power, pair of large wrought iron pulley blocks and rope, pulley blocks with rope, ......' [2]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Ipswich Journal, 25 September 1880
  2. East Anglian Daily Times, 10 April 1893