Portsmouth Block Mills

The Portsmouth Block Mills form part of the Portsmouth Dockyard at Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and were built during the Napoleonic Wars to supply the British Royal Navy with pulley blocks. They started the age of mass-production using all-metal machine tools and are regarded as one of the seminal buildings of the British Industrial Revolution. They are also the site of the first stationary steam engines used by the Admiralty.

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Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth - Hampshire - England - Napoleonic Wars - Royal Navy - Pulley - Mass-production - Machine tool - Industrial Revolution - Stationary steam engine - Admiralty

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Since 2003 English Heritage has been undertaking a detailed survey of the buildings and the records relating to the machines, in preparation for the 2005 Bicentenary celebrations of both their going on-stream and of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Related Topics:
2003 - English Heritage - 2005 - Battle of Trafalgar

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