Home City Centre Queen Street Amies & Barford Drain Cover (1865) City CentreQueen Street Amies & Barford Drain Cover (1865) September 24, 2019 A very nice and rare agricultural cast iron drain cover made by Amies & Barford. Dated 1865, this was produced seven years before Thomas Perkins joined the business and Barford & Perkins was formed as a forerunner to Perkins Engines.