William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong was an English engineer and industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing concern on Tyneside. He was also an eminent scientist, invento
Sir William George Armstrong
Armstrong hydraulic jigger winch of 1888
Grimsby Dock Tower
Armstrong gun deployed by Japan during the Boshin war (1868–69).
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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
William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
…concern on Tyneside. He was also an eminent scientist, inventor and philanthropist. In collaboration with the architect Richard Norman Shaw, he built Cragside in Northumberland, the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity. He is regarded as the inventor of modern artillery. Armstrong was knighted…
"Truly the palace of a modern magician" – the Victorian periodical The World describes Armstrong and his house
Armstrong in the 1870s
The top-lit Gallery, formerly Armstrong's museum
The entrance front – Shaw's "Wagnerian" overture