Difference between revisions of "Murch and Spence"
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1873 'On Friday a man named Kitch, in the employ of Messrs. Murch and Spence, whilst superintending an engine at Durston, got his left hand entangled in a portion of the machinery. Some of the fingers were crushed, and the hand otherwise lacerated.'<ref>Western Gazette, 18 July 1873</ref> | 1873 'On Friday a man named Kitch, in the employ of Messrs. Murch and Spence, whilst superintending an engine at Durston, got his left hand entangled in a portion of the machinery. Some of the fingers were crushed, and the hand otherwise lacerated.'<ref>Western Gazette, 18 July 1873</ref> | ||
1873 Advertising as sole manufacturers and licensees for Yorath's Patent Fork Elevator (for Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall)<ref>Western Gazette, 22 August 1873</ref> | |||
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[[Category: Iron and Steel]] | [[Category: Iron and Steel]] | ||
[[Category: Iron/Steel Foundry]] | [[Category: Iron/Steel Foundry]] | ||
[[Category: Iron Founders]] | |||
Revision as of 16:21, 12 April 2015
Murch & Spence of Bridgwater Iron Foundry, Eastover, Bridgwater
1864 Partnership of Murch and Spence, between William Edward Murch and Robert Spence, iron founders and engineers of Eastover, Bridgwater, dissolved by mutual consent. Business to be carried on by Robert Spence [1]
1866 Advertising as Murch & Spence, Horticultural Engineers, &c.[2]
1872 Patent No. 853 for improvements in machinery for the manufacture of bricks from plastic clay, issued to Robert Spence and Edmund John Spence, trading as Murch and Spence [3]
1873 'On Friday a man named Kitch, in the employ of Messrs. Murch and Spence, whilst superintending an engine at Durston, got his left hand entangled in a portion of the machinery. Some of the fingers were crushed, and the hand otherwise lacerated.'[4]
1873 Advertising as sole manufacturers and licensees for Yorath's Patent Fork Elevator (for Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall)[5]