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Of the Sun Iron Works, Heywood
Founders and Machine Makers
1846 'Died .... On the 23d. inst. in the 71st year of his age, Mr. Mark Smith, machinist, of Heywood. To his superior mechanical abilities the manufacturers are mainly indebted for many improvements in the power loom.'[1]
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