Woolston, Southampton
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Woolston is a suburb of Southampton, located on the eastern bank of the River Itchen. It is bounded by the River Itchen, Sholing, Peartree Green, Itchen and Weston.
Shops on Bridge Road
View over the site of the shipyard and Southampton Water to Fawley
Centenary Quay development
Millennium Feather
John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, usually known simply as Thornycroft, was a British shipbuilding firm founded by John Isaac Thornycroft in Chiswick in 1866. It moved to Woolston, Southampton, in
Woolston, Southampton
…Victoria Rd/Portsmouth Rd crossroads and by the Woolston Floating Bridge. There had been a shipbuilding site on Victoria Road since 1870, (from 1900 the Vosper Thornycroft shipbuilding company) which was the major employer in Woolston until 31 March 2004 when operations were relocated to Portsmouth. A large 'supermarket…
Thornycroft with his first boat, Nautilus
Rap of 1873 marked the start of Thornycroft's torpedo boat business
Advertisement for J.I. Thornycroft & Co. in Brassey's Naval Annual 1915
Vosper Thornycroft shipyard at Woolston