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 167,028 pages of information and 246,693 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.

Smith Brothers (of Thrapstone)

From Graces Guide

Messrs. Smith Bros., of Thrapston, had a small self-moving engine at the Smithfield Show in 1861, driven by chain gearing. [1]

1861 Dissolution of the Partnership between Nathaniel Smith and Robert Smith, as Engineers and Agricultural Implement Manufacturers, at the Nene Side Iron Works, Thrapston, in the county of Northampton, under the firm of Smith Brothers. All debts received and paid by Nathaniel Smith.[2]

Nathaniel Smith founded his business in Thrapston to produce agricultural implements, which later became Smith and Grace

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Sources of Information

  1. Steam Locomotion on Common Roads by William Fletcher. Published 1891.
  2. London Gazette 3 September 1861