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William George Armstrong (1810-1900), British industrialist, inventor and scientist, 1874. Armstrong established Elswick Engine Works at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1847. He designed a hydraulic engine and a hydraulic crane, as well as the Armstrong breech-loading gun. In 1882 Armstrong's company moved into shipbuilding and in 1897 merged with Joseph Whitworth & Co. Armstrong's installed a hydro-electric generating system of his own design to supply electricity to his home, Cragside.