John Hutchinson was a chemist and industrialist who established the first chemical factory in Widnes, then Lancashire now Cheshire, England. He moved from working in a chemical factory in St Helens an
Hutchinson aged 28
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William Gossage was a chemical manufacturer who established a soap making business in Widnes, Lancashire, England.
John Hutchinson (industrialist)
…partly because of the immigration of Irish unskilled men due to the Great Famine. In 1859 Hutchinson built his No 2 Works on land he acquired from William Gossage between Gossage's factory, on the other side of the Sankey Canal, and Waterloo Road, where he also built the Tower Building to house his office. In…
William Gossage
Photograph of William Gossage, date unknown