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Shipbuilding at West Itchenor, by Philip McDougall, published 2010 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 40, article, pp.7-10, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506537] Download PDF
Abstract:During the eighteenth and the early years of the nineteenth century, the small waterside village of West Itchenor acquired some importance as a shipbuilding centre. The work of shipbuilding was not a constant process, the village having developed a particular niche in the construction of warships during periods of conflict. It was at such times that the government's own dockyards were so overburdened that new construction work was contracted out to merchants in possession of suitable facilities.