Walter Taylor (Southampton)
- Walter Taylor (Southampton)
Walter Taylor (1734-1803)[Southampton. An Illustrated History. Adrian Rance. 1986. ISBN 0-903852-95-0. pp95-97] of Southampton, supplied wooden rigging blocks to the Royal Navy][, greatly improving their quality][ [cite book |title=Old Southampton Shores, Newton Abbott |last=Pannell |first=John Percival Masterman |publisher=David and Charles |id=ASIN|B0000CNGOE |chapter=Nelson's Boffins - the Taylors of Woodmill |date=1967 |pages=51-71 |isbn=] via technological innovations which were a significant step forward in the Industrial Revolution][.]From the age of 19[, Walter Taylor served as an apprentice to a block maker in Southampton][. His father (also named Walter) had previously served at sea and had observed the problems caused by these blocks, which were traditionally handmade][.]On acquiring the blockmaking business, Walter Taylor and his father developed machinery to mass produce the rigging blocks[, repeatedly and to an exact specification][. Subsequent developments led to the date stamping of blocks, and a commitment to replace any that failed][. ]Walter Taylor subsequently established a sawmill on a stream that runs through what is now Mayfield Park in Southampton[. In 1781][, he moved to Woodmill, Swaythling, Southampton where there was a better supply of water and room to power some of the equipment by steam engines][. ]Walter Taylor was sole supplier of blocks to the Royal Navy from 1759 [, supplying 100,000 blocks a year][, until his death and succession by Marc Isambard Brunels more advanced machinery][ in 1803.] References
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