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Millwrights and textile machine makers. Important makers of large iron waterwheels. | |||
Partnership of [[Thomas Hewes]] and [[Henry Wren]] <ref>'Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers, Volume 1' Edited by Prof Sir Alec Skempton, Published by Thomas Telford Publishing, 2002 </ref> | Partnership of [[Thomas Hewes]] and [[Henry Wren]] <ref>'Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers, Volume 1' Edited by Prof Sir Alec Skempton, Published by Thomas Telford Publishing, 2002 </ref> | ||
1825 Listed as millwrights, of 12 Dale Street <ref> 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Vol II, 1825' </ref> | 1825 Listed as millwrights, of 12 Dale Street <ref> 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Vol II, 1825' </ref> | ||
1828 Supplied and erected the machinery for a large flour mill at Skerne, Yorkshire <ref>Advertisement for mill to be let, in the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 4 May 1844</ref> | |||
Became [[Wren and Bennett]] | Became [[Wren and Bennett]] | ||
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[[Category: Town - Manchester]] | [[Category: Town - Manchester]] | ||
[[Category: Engineers]] | [[Category: Engineers]] | ||
[[Category: Millwrights]] | |||
[[Category: Machine Makers]] | [[Category: Machine Makers]] | ||
[[Category: Textile Machinery]] | |||
Revision as of 20:42, 12 October 2014
Hewes & Wren of Manchester
Millwrights and textile machine makers. Important makers of large iron waterwheels.
Partnership of Thomas Hewes and Henry Wren [1]
1825 Listed as millwrights, of 12 Dale Street [2]
1828 Supplied and erected the machinery for a large flour mill at Skerne, Yorkshire [3]
Became Wren and Bennett
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 'Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers, Volume 1' Edited by Prof Sir Alec Skempton, Published by Thomas Telford Publishing, 2002
- ↑ 'History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Vol II, 1825'
- ↑ Advertisement for mill to be let, in the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 4 May 1844