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Survey of London
… chief business presumably was shiprepairing rather than shipbuilding. At the time of Browne's death in 1686, Rolt was …
Survey of London
… establishments made Millwall an important centre of iron shipbuilding. The culmination of the shipbuilding boom was the creation of the Millwall Iron Works … machinery, but the best-known part of the business was shipbuilding, in both wood and iron. Unusually, vessels were …
Survey of London
… of a number of shipyards in this area. As the shipbuilding boom progressed, these yards were formed into a conglomerate and expanded to become the largest shipbuilding and ironworking establishment on the Isle of … T-iron, angle-iron, and patent rivets for boilermaking and shipbuilding. From 1862 until about 1870 the works were run …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the bricks and profits to his wife Elizabeth in 1549. 25 Shipbuilding at Ratcliff was recorded in 1354, when timber …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… centuries was metalled and so perhaps was connected with shipbuilding at Ratcliff, 92 where by the 1350s timber was … influx of wealthy outsiders, however, than the growth of shipbuilding and the victualling trades that led to a more …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Baltic, in timber, hemp, tallow, iron, flax, and grain. Shipbuilding is pursued there to a considerable extent; and …
Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs
The dockland parish of All Saints', Poplar, encompasses the ancient hamlet of Poplar itself, the old shipbuilding centre of Blackwall, and the former industrial districts of Millwall and Cubitt Town. Poplar's story is one of development and redevelopment on both the grand and the comparatively small scale, driven in the nineteenth century by mercantile interests and manufacturing, and after the Second World War by de-industrialization and the obsolescence of the Thames-side docks. The East and West India and Millwall Docks system is discussed in detail, together with the riverside wharves and works, and the massive regeneration, still in progress, which followed the creation of the Isle of Dogs Enterprise Zone in 1982. Among important individual buildings described is the seventeenth-century church of St Matthias, a rarity from the Interregnum, built for the East India Company. A major subject is public housing, which includes the famous Lansbury Estate, built in association with the 1951 Festival of Britain.
A History of the County of Essex
… century and especially during the fishing boom of 183050, shipbuilding and its ancillary industries flourished. 119 The … and block-makers; there were still 2 ship-chandlers. 121 Shipbuilding declined more slowly than fishing. Hewett & Sons …