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Charles Cammell and Co. Ltd., Cyclops Works, Savile Street. Cammell's bullet proof steel
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Title:Charles Cammell and Co. Ltd., Cyclops Works, Savile Street. Cammell's bullet proof steel
Location:Sheffield_Attercliffe
Date Period:1851-1899
Notes:

3/16in. thick, proof against the service Lee-Metford 303 rifle, firing nickel-coated bullet. Adopted for the construction of river gun boats, torpedo boats etc. and also for shields for machine and field guns and fortification defences.

Image from Cyclops Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield, England c. 1900 (Sheffield Local Studies Library 338.4 SF)

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