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Fishing Spears

Fishing Spears Image by Travis S. Here is an unfortunately dark close up of a couple of the fishing spears from St. Lawrence. The points are barbed and angled outward as a result of some fine hafting. This is probably an effective fishing tool in rivers or any type of shallow water. St. Lawrence Islanders …

Fishing Spears
The Great Fish River museum
Image by Travis S.
Here is an unfortunately dark close up of a couple of the fishing spears from St. Lawrence. The points are barbed and angled outward as a result of some fine hafting. This is probably an effective fishing tool in rivers or any type of shallow water.

St. Lawrence Islanders are known for the selling of artifacts found on their land.
Where this may be cool in the fact that their artifacts get wide-spread, it is also a misfortune because their extraction of these items in this manner results in the lack of obtaining any contextual information from these objects.

Some people take great offense to this, however, these items are the product of the St. Lawrence Islanders’ relatives. These people should be able to do what they want with the artifacts since they are on their land. In many cases these people are selling these artifacts as a means to provide for their families.

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Manufacturing fishing floats – The Great Fish River Museum

Manufacturing fishing floats Image by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Manufacturing fishing floats at the Elswick Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, c1931 (TWAM ref. 1027/9). This image reflects the sheer variety of products manufactured by Vickers Armstrong. ‘Workshop of the World’ is a phrase often used to describe Britain’s manufacturing dominance during the Nineteenth Century. …

Manufacturing fishing floats
The Great Fish River museum
Image by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Manufacturing fishing floats at the Elswick Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, c1931 (TWAM ref. 1027/9). This image reflects the sheer variety of products manufactured by Vickers Armstrong.

‘Workshop of the World’ is a phrase often used to describe Britain’s manufacturing dominance during the Nineteenth Century. It’s also a very apt description for the Elswick Works and Scotswood Works of Vickers Armstrong and its predecessor companies. These great factories, situated in Newcastle along the banks of the River Tyne, employed hundreds of thousands of men and women and built a huge variety of products for customers around the globe.

The Elswick Works was established by William George Armstrong (later Lord Armstrong) in 1847 to manufacture hydraulic cranes. From these relatively humble beginnings the company diversified into many fields including shipbuilding, armaments and locomotives. By 1953 the Elswick Works covered 70 acres and extended over a mile along the River Tyne. This set of images, mostly taken from our Vickers Armstrong collection, includes fascinating views of the factories at Elswick and Scotswood, the products they produced and the people that worked there. By preserving these archives we can ensure that their legacy lives on.

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