A. Paton and Co
From Graces Guide
of Hulme, Manchester
1839 Effects of a hurricane: 'Among the destructive effects of the storm in this neighbourhood, was the fall of the chimney at the works of Messrs. A. Paton and Co., manufacturing chemists, Cornbrooke, Hulme. This chimney was fifty-two yards in height, and was erected in 1825 or 1826. It stood between two spacious buildings, and about half-past five o'clock it fell, dragging the roof of the building adjoining it to the south, and breaking its way through the roofs of every building in its way, including one in which red liquor is made, the counting-house, and reaching the roof of the dwelling-house of Mr. John Paton, within the yard,....[1]
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- ↑ Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, Saturday 12th January 1839