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John CockerillHaslingden, Lancashire 1790 - Warsaw 1840Belgian (born British) entrepreneur. Founder of an ironworks and a mechanical engineering company John Cockerill & Cie. (Wikipedia) |
Armand Cattier
Compagnie des Bronzes (Bruxelles) 1870 |
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At the front of the pedestal is Cockerill's coat of arms: a cross with four roosters, and a rooster standing on top of the shield, with the motto courage to the last. Below this arms is the inscription: JOHN COCKERILL 1790-1840. On the sides of the pedestal the words intelligence and travail were inscribed.
On the back side of the pedestal is an oval portrait medaillon of Hubert Brialmont of with the text:
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1807-1885 Hommage |
In front of the monument is Cockerill's tombstone.
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