Some cool precision parts engineering images:
Brass finishing
Image by Tyne & Put on Archives & Museums
This is a Photograph of Doxford Engine Functions Brassfinishing Division, Pallion, August 1954.
Reference: DS.DOX/6/11/9/1
Sunderland has a remarkable history of innovation in shipbuilding and marine engineering. From the improvement of turret ships in the 1890s and the production of Doxford opposed piston engines following the Initial Planet War via to the styles for Liberty ships in the 1940s and SD14s in the 1960s. Sunderland has much to be proud of.
Tyne & Put on Archives cares for tens of thousands of photographs in its shipbuilding collections. Most of these concentrate on the ships – in distinct their construction, launch and sea trials. This set looks to redress the balance and to celebrate the perform of the males and women who have played such a important element in the region’s history. The pictures show the human side of this great story, with several relating to the globe popular shipbuilding and engineering firm William Doxford & Sons Ltd.
The Archives has developed a brief weblog to accompany these pictures.
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