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Portsmouth Block Mills

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

5Records
1802–1807Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1802

Marc Isambard BrunelApril 1802

Portsmouth · Science / Civil Engineering

Samuel Bentham recommends installation of Brunel's block-making machinery at Portsmouth Dockyard.

1803

Marc Isambard BrunelJanuary 1803

Portsmouth · Science / Civil Engineering

The first series of Brunel's machines is installed to manufacture medium-sized pulley blocks.

Marc Isambard BrunelMay 1803

Portsmouth · Science / Civil Engineering

A second series of Brunel's machines is installed to manufacture smaller pulley blocks.

1805

Marc Isambard BrunelMarch 1805

Portsmouth · Science / Civil Engineering

A third series of machines for large pulley blocks completes the main block-making installation.

1807

Marc Isambard BrunelSeptember 1807

Portsmouth · Science / Civil Engineering

The block-making plant is judged capable of meeting the Royal Navy's full requirement for pulley blocks.

Names involved

Marc Isambard Brunel

Provenance

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