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cycle-tube manufactory where they were erecting new workshops which when complete would cover the area from the canal bank almost to Red Lane. They forecast "Before many months are past 1,000 hands will be employed initially on making gun carriages for the War Office and
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could work on the same piece at the same time. The cost of the oil alone to fill the well to harden the largest guns approached ÂŁ5,000.
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