workshopoftheworld

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Manufacturing Pom Pom guns at the Scotswood Works

  • Günther Huth, ( Thank you for visit ) said:
    Excellent Job !!!

Testing guns at the firing range, Silloth

  • optimal chicken said:
    Still waiting for your write up as I say this but.. were the guns 'proven' on Tyneside or taken elsewhere for testing? I can't imagine huge bangs along the river! Mind, stranger things happened..
  • Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums said:
    Hi [https://www.flickr.com/photos/flyeye] this one was taken at Silloth-on-Solway, although Ridsdale in Northumberland was also frequently used.
  • steviej 007 said:
    I remember when I played Silloth Golf Club somebody told me that their was a firing range
  • Billy Embleton said:
    Another great industrial image. Some of the worlds greatest battleships were built at Elswick.
  • Jonathan Casey said:

    Your wonderful capture was seen in Black & White Photos
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Naval gun mounting at the Elswick Works

  • A.Davey said:
    Interesting text and great photo - thanks! Looking back, it's tempting to say that countries are better off when they're the workshops of the world than under post-industrial economies.
  • Billy Embleton said:
    Could be a turret for the battleship HMS Monarch as that was under construction at Elswick in 1911.
  • optimal chicken said:
    Oh wow this is a fantastic photo! Very atmospheric! I kinda forgot these things are assembled 'dirty' and then dismantled, painted and placed onto a ship..
  • Billy Embleton said:
    13.5 inch calibre Paul. Monarch mounted 10 of these guns in 5 turrets. As a footnote the Japanese battleships Yamato & Musashi mounted the largest guns in history at 18 inch calibre. The armoured plates on the turret faces were 25 inches thick.
  • optimal chicken said:
    That's madness Billy. Mind saying that, it's how warfare was carried out on the seas then. Now it's missiles and aircraft..