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[[Image:ImWSR-Armstrong.jpg|thumb| 1928. Engine on [[West Somerset Railway]].]] | [[Image:ImWSR-Armstrong.jpg|thumb| 1928. Engine on [[West Somerset Railway]].]] | ||
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Revision as of 07:01, 20 December 2011
Note: This is a sub-section of Armstrong Whitworth.
1929 The group suffered heavy losses; capital reduction[1]. Two private companies formed: Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth and Company (Engineers) Ltd, and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth and Company (Shipbuilders) Ltd; the former took over the general engineering businesses at Scotswood and Gateshead and developed work with Sulzer of Switzerland on railway engines. The holding company was renamed Armstrong Whitworth Securities Company Ltd[2].
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