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Maudslay Son and Field
MAUDSLAY SONS AND FIELD – ENGINEERING PIONEERSNotice of Conference held in 2001Thursday July 26th 2001 10.30am-4.30pmSeminar: Maudslay, Sons & Field and the first Kew EngineA seminar exploring...
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Nichols Lime Kilns/ Crown Fuel
A UNIQUE SITE AT CHARLTONNichols's Lime Kilns, later the Crown Fuel Company and Greenwich Potteryby Barbara LudlowFor hundreds of years, chalk was dug at Greenwich, Charlton, and Woolwich to be burnt...
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Reviews and snippets May 2001THE SPREAD EAGLE AT GREENWICHBy Richard F.MoyThis booklet, by one of our members, Dick Moy, traces the history of his business premises – the Spread Eagle on the corner of...
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Letters May 2001LETTERSFrom Barbara LudlowI see that Ted Barr (March issue) has put Fry's Tool Makers in his list of engineering firms. There was also Fry Bros Ltd., Norman Road, Greenwich, S.E. Body...
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MORE ABOUT THE ARMOURY MILLS AT LEWISHAMBY BERYL WILLIAMS (This article is reproduced from the Spring 2001 edition of 'Industrial Heritage' with their permission and appeared om the GIHS Newsletter May...
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THAMES STREET GAS WORKS, GREENWICH(This article is reproduced from the March 2001 edition of GasLight with their permission, and appeared in the May 2001 GIHS Newsletter)East Greenwich Gas Works is...
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BILLINGSGATE DOCKby Richard CheffinsReg Barter, in his article on Billingsgate Dock in Greenwich industrial history, Vol. 4, No. 2, asks for comments on its current legal status. I can help to some...
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SMALLER ENGINEERING FIRMS OF THE BOROUGHBy Ted BarrThis, the second part of the list, is offered with the idea that others may have further knowledge or can help in other ways. Please add and amend it...
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FIREPOWER OPENS IN WOOLWICHthis post dates from May 2001 - Firepower had a troubled existence with low visitor numbers and constant funding crises They closed (I forget exactly when) in...
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Firepower opening
FIREPOWER A REPORT BY JACK VAUGHANThis expressive title stands for the new Museum of the Royal Regiment of Artillery which opened with a considerable bang on May 27th and 28th. It is located within...
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Reviews and snippets July 2001 GaslightThe May 2001 issue contains an article by Mary Mills about the goings on at the first Greenwich gas works and the Greenwich vestry in the early 1820s. (This is...
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Letters July 2001THE ‘CYCLOPEAN WALL’From Stephen SchwarzStephen’s first letter:I am interested in building materials and particularly re-used building materials. Here in Suffolk this tends to be...
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A WHALING CAPTAIN FROM GREENWICHwho gained more in six days than others in seven.by Graham WhyteThis article has been sent to us by a reader in Australia and appeared in the July 2001 GIHS...
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ENGINEERING FIRMS IN THE BOROUGHBy Ted BarrSeager Evans Cooperage – Blackheath Road, near Merritt and Hatcher. They made barrels for the gin industry.Merritt and Hatcher– printers, and in particular,...
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THE NICHOLS/NICHOLLS FAMILYLIMEBURNERS OF CHARLTON AND WHYTELEAFE.By Paul W. SowanBarbara Ludlow’s short item (A unique site at Charlton: Nichols's lime kilns, later the Crown Fuel Company and...
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Reviews and snippets September2001
Reviews and snippets September 2001Exhibition on MAUDSLAY SON AND FIELD, ENGINEERING PIONEERS at Kew Bridge Engines, Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, Middlesex TW8. – will run until 30th September. It...
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Letters September 2001From Barbara Ludlow Do you know anything about the Welsbach Incandescent GasLight Co? They sound Welsh or German – I have something about their mantles?I take it that the...
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Harland and Wolfe
MY JOYFUL ADVENTURES AT MESSRS. HARLAND AND WOLFE. A SHIP REPAIRING FIRM AT NORTH WOOLWICHByJOHN FOX Some time ago there appeared in the Society’s Newsletter, an account of a chap’s...
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Reviews and Snmippets November 2001
Reviews and Snmippets November 2001British Deaf History Society - recently took part in an exhibition at The Forum, Greenwich (Christ Church). They have a range of publications – not industrial but...
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Letters November 2001
Letters November 2001From Richard CheffinsIn answer to A.D.D.Jenkins query in our last issue (4 - Sept 2001) on ‘Kamtulicon’. (NB not Kampultican) is described in the Oxford English Dictionary as...
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