. Wednesbury as a manufacturing and commercial centre . ISAAC GRIFFITHS & SONS, stablished 1858. Proprietors : J. McDougall, Ltd. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT WELDED WROUGHT IRONAND STEEL TUBES AND FITTINGS FOR GAS, STEAM AND WATER AND OTHER PURPOSES. TradePSrS*^7^5^ Enamelled and Galvanized Kr^V aOYfcU IMPERIAL BRAND, Enamelled and GalvanizedSTEEL CONDUIT TUBES FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT INSTALLATIONSa Speciality. IMPERIAL TUBE WORKS, MESTY CROFT, WEONESBURY. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BOROUGH ARMS. not least, every possible description of wrought-iron tube for conveyinggas, water or steam, and th
. Wednesbury as a manufacturing and commercial centre . ISAAC GRIFFITHS & SONS, stablished 1858. Proprietors : J. McDougall, Ltd. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT WELDED WROUGHT IRONAND STEEL TUBES AND FITTINGS FOR GAS, STEAM AND WATER AND OTHER PURPOSES. TradePSrS*^7^5^ Enamelled and Galvanized Kr^V aOYfcU IMPERIAL BRAND, Enamelled and GalvanizedSTEEL CONDUIT TUBES FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT INSTALLATIONSa Speciality. IMPERIAL TUBE WORKS, MESTY CROFT, WEONESBURY. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BOROUGH ARMS. not least, every possible description of wrought-iron tube for conveyinggas, water or steam, and the fittings and all other appliances used inwrought-iron tubing work. Of these industries, the two leading ones are the production ofrailway plant and the manufacture of tubes, both of which may besaid to be indigenous and evolutionary. When, about a century ago,gas-lighting first came into vogue, this town had a reputation for themanufacture of gun barrels. The conveyance of the new artificialilluminant was at first a difficulty ; it was carried in copper tubing, inbrass tubing, and even when iron gun barrels screwed end to endwere used, the cost was excessive. To obviate this, an ingeniousWednesbury workman, named Cornehus Whitehouse, after manydiscouragements, at last succeeded in making
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