Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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John Harvey was a Cornishman whose career started as a blacksmith and engineer at Carnhell Green near Hayle, in West Cornwall. In 1779 he established a foundry and engineering works at Hayle called Harveys of Hayle

In 1797, Harvey's daughter, Jane, married Richard Trevithick.

His son Henry Harvey took over the business


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