[3][4] Hewes installed the Boulton and Watt steam engine and associated millwork in McConnel and Kennedy's Old Mill, Ancoats in 1797.
In 1802 he was involved in building the mill, supplying the spinning machinery and erecting a 40 ft diameter iron water-wheel at George Allman's cotton mill in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland.
He was involved in Belper in 1811 improving and replacing the wooden wheels used by Arkwright and Strutt.
A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland.
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