Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Little is known about the '''Willoughby Brothers''' shipbuilding yard based in Plymouth, Devon, England. It had a 200 foot berth, an engine works and a foundry. It mainly built tugs, coasters, Saltash ferries and Blackpool excursion steamers. It was sold to new owners at the end of the nineteenth century and closed in the 1920s.
[[Image:Willoughby01.jpg|thumb|Willoughby Bros winch at Cotehele Quay]]
 
Little is known about the '''Willoughby Bros''' shipbuilding yard based in Plymouth, Devon, England. It had a 200 foot berth, an engine works and a foundry. It mainly built tugs, coasters, Saltash ferries and Blackpool excursion steamers. It was sold to new owners at the end of the nineteenth century and closed in the 1920s.


Old cast lamp post seen at Fagin's (AIT)
Old cast lamp post seen at Fagin's (AIT)

Revision as of 20:05, 5 July 2012

Willoughby Bros winch at Cotehele Quay

Little is known about the Willoughby Bros shipbuilding yard based in Plymouth, Devon, England. It had a 200 foot berth, an engine works and a foundry. It mainly built tugs, coasters, Saltash ferries and Blackpool excursion steamers. It was sold to new owners at the end of the nineteenth century and closed in the 1920s.

Old cast lamp post seen at Fagin's (AIT)


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Sources of Information

British Shipbuilding Yards. 3 vols by Norman L. Middlemiss