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Craven Bros (Manchester) Ltd, machine tool makers and crane manufacturers

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Date: 1853-1970
Places:
  • Reddish, Lancashire
Functions, occupations and activities: Engineering: Mechanical > Machine tools | Engineering: Mechanical > Construction machinery
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C102617 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B6206 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1860-1967: minutes, ledgers, balance books, accounts, corresp, trade catalogues, photographs
Science and Industry Museum
YA1971.10/MS0165
NRA 29508 Craven Bros

See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
2
1942-70: minutes, share records etc
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
44
NRA 28631 Business
3
1853-62: order book
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
MISC499
See Accessions to Repositories 1974
4
1866-1944: sales, order, costing and drawings records
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for
28D69/106-124
NRA 32956 Morris
5
1925-1970: order books containing detailed specifications and quotations for machine tools, plus two books of drawing office calculations
Science and Industry Museum
2022-70
See Annual Return 2022