Posted 10 years ago
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William George Armstrong Forgotten Genius he was a inventor
Engineer Scientist and Businessman and National Hero.
His Elwick works employed over 25.000 people in the
Manufacture of hydraulic cranes.ships. and Armaments.
His hydraulic mechanism operates Londons Tower Bridge
He- created Cragside in Northumberland the first house
in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity and planted in the
grounds seven million trees he was an environmentalist
150 years in advance of his time advocating water and solar
power as substitutes for fossil fuels .
He founded Newcastle University which began life as
the College of Science.
