Royal Brass Foundry — Woolwich

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. 32-pounder on a truck carriage, gun deck. Not a foundry portrait.

Overview

The foundry is already on 32-Pounder Naval Cannon and Wilkinson John — Iron Founder. The Royal Brass Foundry — Woolwich and improved boring techniques developed by Wilkinson during the 1770s dramatically improved 32-pounder reliability.¹

The Foundry Credit

This note covers that Woolwich foundry credit only. A founding year, brass-versus-iron, and a workforce stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Carron Company — Falkirk Foundry and Walker Foundry — Rotherham are the named cast credits. The mill is on Horse-Powered Boring Mill — 32-Pounder Barrels. Royal Dockyards — Largest Industrial Enterprises already names Woolwich as a dockyard, not as this foundry.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• 32-Pounder Naval Cannon
• Wilkinson John — Iron Founder

Related

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Same Subject

• 32-Pounder Naval Cannon
• Wilkinson John — Iron Founder
• Carron Company — Falkirk Foundry
• Walker Foundry — Rotherham
• Horse-Powered Boring Mill — 32-Pounder Barrels

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• Royal Dockyards — Largest Industrial Enterprises
• HMS Victory — Overview
• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. Royal Brass Foundry — Woolwich and Wilkinson’s 1770s boring dramatically improved reliability: 32-Pounder Naval Cannon and Wilkinson John — Iron Founder. ↩

2. Do not invent a founding year, a brass-versus-iron table, or a workforce. Do not write Chatham statutes or a Woolwich dockyard founding year. Falconer stays off. ↩