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Midworth's Iron Foundry, Northgate, Newark, 1869

Northgate
Newark on Trent
England

This image shows an advertisment from Morris's Directoy of Nottinghamshire, 1869. Joseph Midworth (1779-1860) established the Wellington Foundry on Northgate in Newark in 1814 after serving an apprenticeship with his uncle, Samuel Midworth, in Mansfield. (Samuel was himself a successful iron founder, having made his fortune casting machine parts for use in cotton mills). Joseph began erecting his foundry in Newark

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