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Cragside
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Cragside is a Tudor Revival country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England. Dating to the Victorian era, it was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the A
"Truly the palace of a modern magician" – the Victorian periodical The World describes Armstrong and his house
"Truly the palace of a modern magician" – the Victorian periodical The World describes Armstrong and his house
Armstrong in the 1870s
Armstrong in the 1870s
The top-lit Gallery, formerly Armstrong's museum
The top-lit Gallery, formerly Armstrong's museum
The entrance front – Shaw's "Wagnerian" overture
The entrance front – Shaw's "Wagnerian" overture
Armstrong gun
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An Armstrong gun was a type of rifled breech-loading field and heavy artillery piece designed by Sir William Armstrong. It was first manufactured in England starting in 1855 by the Elswick Ordnance Co
Cragside
…Armstrong, founder of the Armstrong Whitworth armaments firm. An industrial magnate, scientist, philanthropist and inventor of the hydraulic crane and the Armstrong gun, Armstrong also displayed his inventiveness in the domestic sphere, making Cragside the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power…
Armstrong gun deployed by Japan during the Boshin War (1868–69).
Armstrong gun deployed by Japan during the Boshin War (1868–69).
Screw breech mechanism of the 7-inch Armstrong gun
Screw breech mechanism of the 7-inch Armstrong gun
Powder cartridge with lubricator
Powder cartridge with lubricator
Two RBL 40-pounder Armstrong guns displayed at the St. George's Foundation's UNESCO World Heritage Centre, St. George's Town, Bermuda. Originally used
Two RBL 40-pounder Armstrong guns displayed at the St. George's Foundation's UNESCO World Heritage Centre, St. George's Town, Bermuda. Originally used as mobile guns for defending areas of Bermuda's South Shore without fixed coastal artillery, they were soon replaced and repurposed as part of a saluting battery at Fort Victoria before being set into a wharf as bollards.