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Middlesbrough
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John VaughanWorcester 1799 - London 1868British industrialist, founded with Henry Bolckow the ironmaking business Bolckow Vaughan; mayor of Middlesbrough (Wikipedia) |
George Anderson Lawson
1884 |
Statue of John Vaughan, standing with his coat over his arms.
Description from the Shields Daily Gazette - Tuesday 3 June 1884:
The statue is in bronze, and stands on a pedestal of ironstone from the neighbouring Eston mines. It is heroic in size, the pose natural and easy, and is pronounced to be a good representation of Mr Vaughan as he appeared in the prime of life, and when by hard work, tact, and foresight he had risen from the humblest walks of social life to the position of a millionaire. On the four sides of the pedestal are base reliefs illustrating the chief features in the making of the local iron, the south panel representing Eston mine head with Eston Nab in the background, the east blastfurnaces, the north rolling mills, and the west railways and shipping.
The statue was unveiled 2 June 1884 by Sir John Whitwell Pease.
 The Eston mine head with Eston Nab in the background |
 Blastfurnaces |
 Rolling mills |
 Railways and shipping |
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JOHN VAUGHAN 1799-1868 mayor of middlesbrough 1855. discovered ironstone in the cleveland hills. founder of the iron trade in cleveland. partner in bolckow, vaughan & co., Ltd., who built one of the first iron works in middlesbrough in 1840. |
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