Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,675 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

John Hawthorn

From Graces Guide

of Canal Foundry, Newtown, New Mills, Cheshire

1887 New Patents: 'John Hawthorn, Canal Foundry, New Mills, Cheshire, and Sidney Moorhouse, Victoria Works, Stalybridge, for improvements in valves for controlling and arresting the flow of fluids.'[1]

A 2009 photograph here shows the end wall of the foundry, with an impressive cast iorn doorway.[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser - 4 March 1887
  2. [1] Geograph: Chris Allen photograph: Ex John Hawthorn, Canal Foundry, Newtown