Manuscript Collection MS Coll 00291A OVS - Westmacott Family Papers

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CA OTUTF MS Coll 00291A OVS

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Westmacott Family Papers

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  • 1880-[1930s] (Creation)

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Manuscript Collection

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1 Box (.5 meters)

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Name of creator

(1830-1917)

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.

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([19--])

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.

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Arrangement:

Contains series:
Series 1: Percy G.B. Westmacott
Series 2: Mabel Noble

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