Block Trail Carriage for Armstrong's 12 Pr Gun
Scale drawing of an Armstrong Gun and its carriage, made by Armsrong's. Scale 11/4 to a foot. Signed by C.J.Farlie. The term Armstrong Gun was primarily used to describe the unique design of the rifled breech-loading field and heavy guns designed by Sir William Armstrong and manufactured in England from 1855 by the Elswick Ordnance Company and the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. Armstrongs merged with Vickers in 1927 to become Vickers-Armstrong
Picture No
11943460
Media ID
44927441
Size
8774px x 5658px
(46.1MB)
Credit
© The Bexley Archive Image Collection, The London Borough of Bexley / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Bexley Archive - Bexley Local Studies Art Collection
Date
1861
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