Woolwich Steam Engine Factory
From Graces Guide
The Royal Navy's first Steam Engine Factory was located at Woolwich Dockyard
1831 The first government steam engine factory was established at a time when the Navy had 55 steam-powered vessels[1]
c.1843 Subsequently another steam engine factory was set up at Portsmouth Dockyard
1853 Another steam factory was opened in the new Keyham Dockyard at Devonport.
c.1854 Sheerness Dockyard was the site of another new Steam Factory, built 'in haste' at the start of the Crimea War.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Hansard's Parliamentary Debates 1843
- Wikipedia [1]