Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1880-[1930s] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 Box (.5 meters)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Percy G.B. Westmacott (1830-1917) was a British mechanical engineer. He began work as a draughtsman at the Elswick Ordnance Company, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, in 1851, and in 1859 was responsible for technical management of the engine works at Elswick as well as for contributions to the hydraulic lifting machinery department. In 1864 he became a partner of Sir W.G. Armstrong and Co., then managing director in 1882. Sir. W.G. Armstrong and Co. was a major British manufacturing company that built armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles and aircraft. Westmacott then became involved in bridge building, helping to design swing bridges on the Ouse and Tyne rivers, as well as working on the principle docks on the Thames in South Wales and other part of the country.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mable N. Nobel was the daughter of Percy G.B. Westmacott who served a nurse with the Red Cross
during World War I.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Michael Menzies, 2018.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Arrangement:
Contains series:
Series 1: Percy G.B. Westmacott
Series 2: Mabel Noble
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
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