| LC control no. | nb2011004851 |
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| Corporate name heading | Armstrong Whitworth (Firm) |
| Variant(s) | Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. W.G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. |
| See also | Vickers-Armstrongs Limited |
| Found in | Armstrong Whitworth, c2010 Wikipedia, 18 Feb. 2011: under Armstrong Whitworth (Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd was a major British manufacturing company, headquartered at Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, and engaged in the construction of armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles, and aircraft; the Elswick works were founded in 1847 by William George Armstrong; in 1882 it merged with the shipbuilding firm of Charles Mitchell to form Armstrong Mitchell & Company; Armstrong Mitchell merged again with the engineering firm of Joseph Whitworth in 1897 [to become Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd]; in 1927 it merged with Vickers Limited to form Vickers-Armstrongs) |
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