Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.
For more than 50 years, Robert Hawthorn senior was Engineer to the owners of Walbottle Colliery, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
1816 William Patter was viewer and part owner when Timothy Hackworth joined the company as foreman smith
1824 Thomas Hackworth took over as manager when his brother left
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