Royal Brass Foundry
Other Business Names:
- Board of Ordnance
- Woolwich Arsenal
- Schalch, Andreas
- Verbruggen, Pieter
- Verbruggen, Jan
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Woolwich, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Cannon, gun & shot founding inc cannon balls
Notes:
Traced origins to 1716-17 when built by the Board of Ordnance to replace the destroyed brass foundry at Moorfields. Became part of the existing Woolwich Arsenal as a foundry for casting artillery pieces. The Board appointed Andreas Schalch, 1692-1776, to design and manage the Foundry; he was appointed Master Founder from 1718. He retired in 1770 and was succeeded by Pieter and Jan Verbruggen of The Hague, Netherlands, who refitted and extended the Foundry when it became the leading UK gunfounding location
Publications:
- Andreas Schalch. First Master Founder of the Royal Brass Foundry, Woolwich by Fawcett, Pat, & Tony Fawcett
- Art of Gunfounding. The casting of bronze cannon in the late 18th century by De Beer, Carel (ed)
- Eighteenth Century Gunfounding. The Verbruggens at the Royal Brass Foundry, Woolwich. A chapter in the history of technology by Jackson, Melvin H, & Carel de Beer
- Sir John Anderson, 1814-86. The unknown engineer who made the British Empire possible by Roberts, Gwilym
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Board of Ordnance
- Woolwich Arsenal
- Schalch, Andreas
- Verbruggen, Pieter
- Verbruggen, Jan
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Woolwich, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Cannon, gun & shot founding inc cannon balls
Notes:
Traced origins to 1716-17 when built by the Board of Ordnance to replace the destroyed brass foundry at Moorfields. Became part of the existing Woolwich Arsenal as a foundry for casting artillery pieces. The Board appointed Andreas Schalch, 1692-1776, to design and manage the Foundry; he was appointed Master Founder from 1718. He retired in 1770 and was succeeded by Pieter and Jan Verbruggen of The Hague, Netherlands, who refitted and extended the Foundry when it became the leading UK gunfounding locationPublications:
- Andreas Schalch. First Master Founder of the Royal Brass Foundry, Woolwich by Fawcett, Pat, & Tony Fawcett
- Art of Gunfounding. The casting of bronze cannon in the late 18th century by De Beer, Carel (ed)
- Eighteenth Century Gunfounding. The Verbruggens at the Royal Brass Foundry, Woolwich. A chapter in the history of technology by Jackson, Melvin H, & Carel de Beer
- Sir John Anderson, 1814-86. The unknown engineer who made the British Empire possible by Roberts, Gwilym