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CANDLE-DRAWING MACHINE, PRICE’S CANDLE FACTORY, VAUXHALL

CANDLE-DRAWING MACHINE, PRICE’S CANDLE FACTORY, VAUXHALL

A candle-drawing machine at Price's Patent Candle Company's Belmont works on the Thames at Vauxhall. In 1849 the Belmont factory had 700 employees and used 4,000 tons of palm and cocoa-nut oil each year. During the following decade however, Price's moved all production to its Battersea works. A reprint from the 'Illustrated London News' originally dated 8th December 1849.
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Collection:Cuttings Files
Image type:Engraving
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Ref:12567
Identifier:12/64 Cuttings
Date:1849

#-Before 1850  #BUILDINGS / ARCHITECTURE  #COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY  #Cuttings and Ephemera  #Engraving  #People  #TRADE  #VAUXHALL