Water pump manufacturer of of Dorset Street, Fleet Street (now Salisbury Court, running off Fleet Street to the south), active in the 1830s.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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{On the plaque:} This pump was made by George Turner of Dorset Street, Fleet ...
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