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Low Walker Shipyard


1852 - 1947. Initially the shipyard was set-up by Charles Mitchell, later merging with William Armstong's comany, forming 1882 to become Sir W G Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Ltd. in 1882.

Ship Building Charles Mitchell (1820 - 1895) Lord William Armstrong (1810-1900)
Charles Mitchell (1820 - 1895)
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Charles Mitchell (1820 - 1895)
- Charles Mitchell (1820-1895) founded major shipbuilding yards on the River Tyne: Charles Mitchell and Co‎, and later Armstrong, Mitchell and Co, Shipbuilders. He studied at Aberdeen University and then undertook …
Lord William Armstrong (1810-1900)
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Lord William Armstrong (1810-1900)
- Overview About William Armstrong William George Armstrong was born on 26th November 1810, in Shieldfield, Newcastle. He became a prominent engineer and industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth company, producing armaments which …
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Saratowskaya Pereprava, 1895

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Harald Haarfagre 1897

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Harald Haarfagre 1896

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On the deck of Harald Haarfagre 1897

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Pervoi and Vtoroi at Walker 1894

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History of Armstrong's Low Walker Yard
- The Low Walker yard has a long history going back as far as William Reay 1831 - 1842, John Coutts 1842 - 1848, Thomas Seymour 1848 - 1852 and Charles …

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Sectional model of Tiflis

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