Tess Baxter · @tizzycanucci
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A set of four for #internationalwomensday - what women did at the Vickers works (now BAES) Barrow-in-Furness. Making tyres for Avon, 1930s. Driving small motor trucks and operating a steam hammer in the smithy, 1940s. Draughtswoman (Julie Jones), 1960s #dockmuseum #archive #museum #barrowinfurness #HeritageLotteryFund #heritagefunduk #history
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Tess Baxter · @tizzycanucci
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After First World War 1914-18, armament companies seeking new business. Railways been run down, with fitters going to fight. After war, railway companies' own workshops not enough. Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness took on refitting and boiler building in early 1920s. #photography from archive #dockmuseum #barrowinfurness
As often case, workers scattered around, with manager, dressed for period, taking central, dominant position #heritagefunduk
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Tess Baxter · @tizzycanucci
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The lower part of a photo in a 'dressing shops for iron and steel foundries' album. Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness, probably 1940s. Image in Vickers Photographic Archive at Dock Museum #heritagefunduk #dockmuseum #cumbria #archives #museum #furness #welding #barrowinfurness
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Tess Baxter · @tizzycanucci
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During 1920s, Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness formed partnership with American company to make powdered coal. Wouldn't need stoking, more akin to oil firing. Pneumosilicosis prevalent in coal miners - but seen as problem for workers later in life, 'acceptable' hazard. Idea wasn't a business success, and diesel dominated.
Original photo now in the Dock Museum archive.
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Tess Baxter · @tizzycanucci
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HMS Resolution following her launch in 1966 from the Vickers-Armstrongs shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness. From the #DockMuseum #archive #cumbria #walney #heritage #HeritageFundUK #Vickers
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Tess Baxter · @tizzycanucci
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Strathmore at quay, with Orion being pulled by the tugs Yorkgarth and Dongarth. Buccleuch Dock, Barrow-in-Furness, in 1935. #shipyard #shipbuilding From #DockMuseum archive from #Vickers, #BarrowinFurness #HeritageFundUK
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Tess Baxter · @tizzycanucci
24 followers · 25 posts · Server socel.netStrathmore at Buccleuch Dock, Barrow-in-Furness, with Yorkgarth and Dongarth the tugs in front of Orion, in 1935. #shipyard #shipbuilding
From @DockMuseum archive from #Vickers, #BarrowinFurness #HeritageFundUK
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