Master gun-founder and artist. Born at Enkhuizen in the Netherlands. After an unsuccessful attempt in 1763, he and his son Pieter were appointed master founders at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich in 1770. They introduced a horizontal boring machine for producing guns, rather than the traditional vertical method. Our picture shows this machine.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Jan Verbruggen
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