Title

Barrow-in-Furness Shipyard, Cumbria, 1920

Caption

Barrow-in-Furness Shipyard, Cumbria, 1920. Aerial view of the shipyard with four ships in various stages of completion. The shipyard was first established in 1852; by 1920 it was operated by Vickers Ltd as the Naval Construction Yard. At around this time it was building merchant vessels and liners for companies like Cunard.

Date

1920

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B40_480

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,3Mb (4,2Mb) / 16,3in x 12,9in / 4895 x 3877 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea coast building buildings England industry country ship ships British geography Cumbria English industrial location century Britain concept shipyard shipbuilding twenties B&W aerial view MONOCHROME under construction metaphor bird's eye view aerial photography water transport black & white black and white B W 1920s 20th century Irish Sea English Heritage Barrow-in-Furness Cumbrian geographical feature TGN work in progress photograph Vickers Aerofilms photograph