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Elswick Ordnance Company

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · Founded 1897 · Closed: Dissolved in 1927 according to Wikidata.

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Elswick Ordnance Company was founded in 1897 by William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, and is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. It closed in 1927.

Key facts

Industry
engineering
Legal form
limited company
Parent
Armstrong Whitworth

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defunct British armaments manufacturing company

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We hold 28 other engineering companies. 6 of them have closed, after a median of 89 years, and 22 have no closure recorded.

Counted across this directory, from founding and closing years in public records. Medians cover only companies whose closure is recorded; a company with no closure date may have quietly ceased without the record catching it.

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