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of Chesterfield
1797 His father, Joseph Fletcher Smith, was Master Cutler of Sheffield
Owned blast furnaces at Duckmanton near Chesterfield
1846 Started Stanton Ironworks, with his son Josiah Timmis Smith; brought three blast-furnaces into production alongside the banks of the Nutbrook Canal.
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