John Hawthorn
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]