Permanent historical factsheet

Steam Sawmill

Great Britain · Science / Civil Engineering. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records
1811Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1811

Marc Isambard Brunel1811

Chatham Dockyard · Science / Civil Engineering

Brunel recommends installing a steam-powered sawmill at Chatham Dockyard to replace manual saw-pit labour.

Names involved

Marc Isambard Brunel

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.