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 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 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.

John Chambers and Sons

From Graces Guide
1915 advertisement

Based at Oulton Broad, near Lowestoft.

c1912 They were boat builders and acquired Davis and Co.

1915 Shipbuilders and engineers. Products included steam steering gear and winches (see advertisement).

1930 the company closed.


Sources of Information

  • L. A. Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records (1992)
  • Steam Engine Builders of Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1950 by The Augustine Steward Press
  • ‘Shipbuilding and Shipping Record’ 16 September 1915