Career
The 1815 Beauties of England and Wales described it as "the chief ornament of this neighbourhood", being the "amazingly extensive and interesting manufactory of Mr. Bramah, the engineer, locksmith, and engine-maker", and praising it in terms: "These works have been deemed worthy the inspection of royalty, and have excited the admiration of the most powerful emperor of Christendom, Alexander of Russia."
In 1839, with Charles Fox (1810–1874), the company became Bramah, Fox and Company at Smethwick, Birmingham. lieutenant was known as the London Works.
In 1840, Messrs.
John Joseph Bramah and others, "engineers", had "the contract for supplying the iron work of the Black wall Railway". 1844 Bramah purchased share in the Broomfield ironworks, at which point the name of the partnership became Bramah, Barrows, and Hall. 1845 Bramah of Ashwood House purchased Horseley Ironworks and will put them into full operation, according to the Wolverhampton Chronicle.
1846 13 September: Death of Bramah, an extensive ironmaster and celebrated engineer, at Ashwood House, Kingswinford in his 48th year.
Messrs Barrows and Hall purchased his share in the partnership Bramah, Barrows, and Hall from his estate. Bramah was the nephew of Joseph Bramah of Ashdown House, Kingswinford.
In 1814 Joseph Bramah died. They lived in Staffordshire.
When Bramah"s sister Esther Frances Bramah died, the couple acted as wards for the orphaned children Thomas Bramah Diplock and Samuel Robey Diplock.
Thomas Bramah Diplock is chiefly famous for having been the coroner for some of the "Jack the Ripper" murders.