Sarah Hengler (c.1765 – 9 October 1845) was a British businesswoman, pyrotechnist and firework artist.
[3] The property had a ground floor showroom, workshops for packing fireworks and accommodation for Hengler plus her staff and family members.
[2] Sarah Hengler was killed in a fire at the Asylum Buildings premises during October 1845.
[11][12][13][3] Her son Michael performed as a tightrope dancer on the same bill as Madame Saqui in the Hippdrome in Paris in 1852, to "immense success".
[14][15] In 1830, Hood's Comic Annual published an Ode to Madame Hengler, the Firework maker to Vauxhall and in 1839 the poet Thomas Hood also wrote an Ode to Madame Hengler.