Farms (open to visitors) · North East England
Hydraulic Silo Building 70 Metres East Of Cragend Farmhouse
Hydraulic Silo Building 70 Metres East Of Cragend Farmhouse in England North East, United Kingdom.
Derek Harper — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–4 h
About
Hydraulic Silo Building 70 Metres East Of Cragend Farmhouse is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Cragend Silo is a Grade II* listed building located at Cragend Farm near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England. It was designed and built by Lord Armstrong of Cragside.
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Background
History
William Armstrong (26 November 1810 – 27 December 1900) was an industrialist and inventor who founded the firm of Armstrong Whitworth and developed the business into one of the world's foremost armaments manufacturers. Having spent much of his childhood in Rothbury, in 1862 he returned on a walking holiday, purchased a small parcel of land and built a modest shooting box. Over the next forty years, he enlarged both the house and the estate, making the property one of the most technologically advanced of its time. Armstrong was "especially interested in water power" and expended considerable effort to extending the application of hydraulic power from the industrial into the agricultural and…
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- Coordinates
- 55.3020, -1.8644
- Address
- Rothbury, Northumberland, United Kingdom
Sources
- wikidata: Q17546444 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Cragend Silo (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hydraulic Silo Building 70 Metres East Of Cragend Farmhouse?
- Hydraulic Silo Building 70 Metres East Of Cragend Farmhouse is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.3020°, -1.8644°.
- Who owns Hydraulic Silo Building 70 Metres East Of Cragend Farmhouse?
- Hydraulic Silo Building 70 Metres East Of Cragend Farmhouse is owned by | designation1 = Grade II* listed building.