John Whitehead and Co. Syke-street, Preston Our Local Industries. No. 18. Published in the Preston Chronicle in November 1884, this article forms part of the newspaper's "Our Local Industries" series, which highlighted the leading manufacturers and businesses of the town. It provides a fascinating contemporary tour of the Albert Works in Syke Street, home of John Whitehead & Co., one of Britain's foremost makers of machinery for the brick, tile and sanitary pipe industries. As well as describing the workshops, foundry and machine shops in remarkable detail, the article reflects the pride Victorians took in engineering achievement, export success and industrial innovation. Like many nineteenth-century newspaper features, it also contains a generous measure of promotional enthusiasm, but it remains an invaluable snapshot of a Preston engineering firm whose machines were being exported throughout the world. ~ OUR LOCAL INDUSTRIES. MESSRS. JOHN. WHITEHEAD AND CO. BRIC...
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