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Sampson Moore

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Hand coloured daguerreotype taken of Sampson Moore c. 1850
The overhead electric crane fitted by Sampson Moore & Co at the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich (c. 1897)

Sampson Moore (1812–1877) was an English engineer and inventor based in Liverpool, England during the industrial revolution. His company, Sampson Moore & Co. produced a number of notable inventions.

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Personal life

Sampson Moore married Elizabeth Grindle (b. 1806) on 20 Jun 1833 at the church of St Peter in Liverpool. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Moore (b. Moore, who was living in Tasmania at the time of his father's death.[1]

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