9.2 Inch Rwy Gun
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of a 9.2 inch gun on railway truck mounting at the Elswick Works, c1917
(TWAM ref. ). ¡®Workshop of the World¡¯ is a phrase often
used to describe Britain¡¯s manufacturing dominance during the Nineteenth
Century. It¡¯s also a very apt description for the Elswick Works and
Scotswood Works of Vickers Armstrong and its predecessor companies.
These great factories, situated in Newcastle along the banks of the
River Tyne, employed hundreds of thousands of men and women and built a
huge variety of products for customers around the globe. The Elswick
Works was established by William George Armstrong (later Lord Armstrong)
in 1847 to manufacture hydraulic cranes. From these relatively humble
beginnings the company diversified into many fields including
shipbuilding, armaments and locomotives. By 1953 the Elswick Works
covered 70 acres and extended over a mile along the River Tyne. This set
of images, mostly taken from our Vickers Armstrong collection, includes
fascinating views of the factories at Elswick and Scotswood, the
products they produced and the people that worked there. By preserving
these archives we can ensure that their legacy lives on. (Copyright)
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Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when
reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and
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