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Samuel Davison blue plaque

Blue plaque
Samuel Davison blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Samuel Davison, an inventor, founded the Sirocco works in 1881 to manufacture tea drying machinery and later fans and ventilation systems.

From the Open Plaques record 10914

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  • Eric Jones, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Albert Bridge, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • The Art Newspaper; photographer not stated, The Art Newspaper
  • Maker not stated on source page, theclio.com
  • Chris Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Man vyi, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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