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 162,237 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Thwaites Brothers

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Thwaites Bros engine at Maritime Museum, Auckland, NZ

of Vulcan Ironworks, Thornton Road, Bradford

  • 1850 Company established.
  • 1880 Company on 4 acres and employed 200 men and was the largest in Bradford.
  • Small vertical reversing steam engine at New Zealand National Maritime Museum, Auckland (photo)
  • 1914 Engineers. Specialities: steam hammers, roots' blowers, foundry plant and metallurgical installations for copper, lead etc. [1]

Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
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