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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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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One of Vickers products around 1933 - making moulds for Avon tyres in the sheds at Barrow-in-Furness. Image now in the Dock Museum archive. #cumbria #BarrowinFurness #engineering #archive #museum #HeritageLotteryFund #hlf
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Tess Baxter · @tizzycanucci
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Launch of a ship - SS Stratheden from Vickers yard, Barrow in Furness in 1937. Scanned image looking flat through age, brought to life with @affinitybyserif
Love detail in image, the tug, two small boats, one each side - and woman in white dress giving her hand to a man standing below her.
One of #shipyardtown archive handed to Dock Museum #BarrowinFurness by #BAEMaritime, Project funding, #HeritageLotteryFund
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Tess Baxter · @tizzycanucci
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Today’s start: opening a box of archive restoration/ art brushes! And yes with chocolate. #Rosemary&Co #archive #glassplatenegatives #DockMuseum #BarrowinFurness #hlf #heritage #heritagelotteryfund
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Tess Baxter · @tizzycanucci
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During 1922-3 Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness refitted locomotives for Metropolitan Railway, one of London Underground lines. Following WWI, 'the war to end all wars', they were seeking new markets. An amazing interior photograph from The Dock Museum archive! #heritagelotteryfund #museum #archive #engine #trains #metro
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