Historical place archive

Chatham Dockyard in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Chatham Dockyard in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1811–1811

Historical events in Chatham Dockyard

1811

1811
Steam Sawmill
Marc Isambard Brunel · Civil Engineering

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

Provenance

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