Although not quite in the first rank of engineers in the late Georgian and Victorian period, William Fawcett, from Liverpool, established an enterprise that outsold Birmingham's Boulton and Watt in selected markets. As for a Nantwich connection, speaker Trevor Evan has uncovered an albeit rather tenuous link, with one of the town's most famous residents. A story of steam, enterprise and bankruptcy.
Please book in advance £6 (£5 Museum members, children FREE) online at https://nantwich-museum.arttickets.org.uk/.../the-life..., in the Museum shop (Tue-Sat 10am-4pm), or phone 01270 627104. The talk takes place on Friday 29 November at 3.30pm
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