250 ton Stretching & Detwisting Machine, O/No. 9763, c.1941

Order 9763 for High Duty Alloys, Workington, c.1941

D7338/14/10/3662
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/10/3663
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/10/3664
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/10/3758 Artist's Publicity Photo
Gloucestershire Archives

Main ram stroke 3′ 0″.

Note: – The fourth photo according to the records is credited to Bristol Aeroplane Co., however there is no record of a section stretcher of this type being delivered to Bristol and it is evident that the Artist’s enhancement uses the first photo of this series.

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