Cutty Sark [SEP] manufacturer
so it was less likely that waves would break over the stern, and over the helmsman at the wheel. The square bilge was carried forward through the centre of the ship. "Cutty Sark" was given masts that followed the design of "The Tweed", with similar good rake and the foremast on both placed further aft than usual.
A contract for "Cutty Sark's" construction was signed on 1 February 1869 with the firm of Scott & Linton, which had only been formed in May 1868. Their
the Cutty Sark.
1832: William Chance, owner of a Birmingham iron merchants, invests in his brothers failing glass works in nearby Smethwick. After saving the company, this partnership later becomes the Chance Brothers. The company relies on local workers, and at one stage is known as "... the greatest glass manufacturer in Britain", taking advantage of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and the Industrial Revolution in the region. Great advances in glass manufacture take place such as perfection of the earliest optical lenses to block the harmful