Door plate

Door plate with details of Charles Hill & Sons, Shipbuilders and repairers of Bristol. 'CONTROLLED ESTABLISHMENT - MUNITIONS OF WAR ACT 1915 ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE FIRM CHARLES HILL & SONS, PARTNERS C.G. HILL, C.L. HILL, DRY DOCK PROPRIATORS, IRON AND WOOD SHIPBUILDERS AND REPAIRERS. ENGINEERS, BOILERSMITHS, COPPERSMITHS, ELECTRICIANS ETC. GRAVING DOCK 540 FT ENTRANCE FROM FLOATING HARBOUR. QUAY BERTH 600FT, FOUR 325 FT SLIPS. CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY. TELEGRAMS: HILLS BRISTOL, TELEPHONES 3948, 3949, 3950 BRISTOL. NIGHT CALLS 2854 BRISTOL 178 WESTBURY. ALBION DOCKYARD, CUMBERLAND ROAD, BRISTOL. ALL ESTIMATES AND OFFERS ARE SUBJECT TO THE USUAL STRIKE CLAUSE OR OTHER STOPPAGES OVER WHICH WE HAVE NO CONTROL.'

Object Details

ID: REL0010
Collection: Relics
Type: Door plate
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1915
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Purchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1982
Measurements: Overall: 25 mm x 225 mm x 147 mm