EPW016180 ENGLAND (1926). Ruston and Hornsby Spike Island Engineering Works, Lincoln, 1926
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| Title | [EPW016180] Ruston and Hornsby Spike Island Engineering Works, Lincoln, 1926 |
| Reference | EPW016180 |
| Date | 2-July-1926 |
| Link | |
| Place name | LINCOLN |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 496498, 370828 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.55437725967405, 53.225438595964 |
| National Grid Reference | SK965708 |
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 James Dawson's - leather belting and polymer products |
 John Herridge |
Thursday 24th of July 2014 09:58:01 AM |
| Wellington Iron Foundry |
Ian |
Monday 12th of May 2014 07:56:55 PM |
William Foster's works. It was in this factory that tanks were manufactured in the First World War. Sir William Tritton, with two colleagues, secretly planned the development of these armoured vehicles in an upstairs room at The White Hart, Lincoln [Source: 'Birth of the Tanks. Commemorating the Centenary of the first fighting tanks'. DVD presentation by Richard Pullen, military historian, Lincoln 2014] |
MB |
Sunday 23rd of November 2014 07:15:23 PM |
| Goods Warehouse |
Ian |
Monday 12th of May 2014 07:53:08 PM |
| Portland Street |
Ian |
Monday 12th of May 2014 07:52:28 PM |
| During WW1 Rustons produced some of the very first tanks and a number of aircraft, notably the Sopwith Camel.
|
 Lynda Tubbs |
Wednesday 2nd of April 2014 01:52:42 PM |
| Green Lane |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 09:25:01 PM |
| Beevor Street |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 09:23:20 PM |
| St. Marks Church demolished 1971? |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 09:21:53 PM |
Demolition finished in 1972 |
John Herridge |
Thursday 24th of July 2014 10:02:27 AM |
| The Rope Walk |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 09:12:03 PM |
| Ruston Bucyrus Excavators |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 09:11:12 PM |
| Workers bike sheds |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 09:09:14 PM |
| Excavators |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 09:08:24 PM |
| Wm.Fosters birthplace of the worlds first military tank |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 09:04:31 PM |
| Clinton Street |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 09:02:34 PM |
| Raglan Street |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 09:01:57 PM |
| Picton Street |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 09:00:07 PM |
| Firth Road |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 08:57:35 PM |
| Great Central Goods & Grain Warehouse now the University Library |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 08:56:29 PM |
| The Great Northern Hotel |
Ian |
Thursday 8th of August 2013 08:54:27 PM |
| St Mark`s Midland Railway Station
1846-1985
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Ian |
Saturday 11th of May 2013 03:20:46 PM |
User Comment Contributions
 During WW1 Ruston's produced Lewis guns, gun mountings, shells and bombs, internal combustion engines for munition and aircraft factories, oil engines for searchlights and hospitals, and steam navvies for extracting raw materials from British soil. |
Lynda Tubbs |
Wednesday 2nd of April 2014 01:54:54 PM |