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Description: | Nixon and Whitfield’s chain making factory pictured in 1966. The building was on the site of the modern Post Office.In 1921 the owner George Whitfield lived at Winlaton House ( behind the Halifax estate agency). They carried on production until 1966 when the last hand made chain link to be forged in Winlaton was made by blacksmith Jack Hunter and his striker Brian Kyle.The plant was then dismantled and stored with the intention to rebuild at Beamish. This was end of 270 years of smiths work in Winlaton. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Iron and Steel Industry | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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