Tools and Weapons There are five times as many early axeheads found in Ireland as there are in Scotland or Northern England. The most primitive type had a ...
Shipyard Workers On the eve of the First World War, Belfast had the biggest shipyard in the world and Harland and Wolff employed 14,000 men. The ...
Yardmen at work The success of Harland and Wolff in this period was due to its willingness to develop new technology. Iron and steel ships were ...
The Titanic The most famous ship built by Harland and Wolff was, of course, the Titanic which sank in the Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April ...
Ship’s Turbine The photograph shows yardmen working on the casing for the Britannic’s turbine. This unit could produce 17,000 horse power. The ...
York Street Linen Mill On the eve of the First World War, Belfast was the biggest linen producing centre in the world with a workforce rising steadily from a ...
Mill workers More than half of these linen workers were female, while a quarter were children under the age of 18. Although women did the same ...
Ropeworks In 1873 Edward Harland set up a ropework company to meet demand from the shipyard. The firm imported hemp which was then bathed in oil. ...
Rules for Shipyard Workers As the shipyard paid the best wages for workers in Belfast, there was great competition for places at the yard. This was in spite of ...
Harland & Wolff Indenture To become a well paid skilled worker young men had to serve a five – year apprenticeship during which they learned their trade. Before ...
