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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… woollen-cloths, by the aid of machinery. Several other factories were soon afterwards established, and the Messrs. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… been erected on a large scale; there are at present six factories, of which four are worked by steam. The chief … men, 72 women, and 90 children; and connected with these factories, is an extensive establishment for the manufacture …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… with Park Royal, was built over with large and small factories. 62 After the Second World War redevelopment … small light industries. In 1957 the borough had 719 factories, workshops, and other industrial premises, most of … 69 Since the Second World War the closure of a few big factories, such as the Napier works whose site became Acton …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… part of Acton it also led to the building of munitions factories, which were sold after the war to private … Wesley Ltd. The area was almost entirely built up with factories by the mid 1930s, together with a part of Acton …