Behind the Scenes: The Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness

The founding of Barrow-in-Furness is one of the most fascinating stories in the history of maritime technology and shipbuilding. In just a handful of years at the end of the nineteenth century it transformed from a farm into a major global shipbuilding centre with a particular reputation for innovation. Today it maintains that reputation as well as its shipbuilding legacy as the home of British nuclear submarine manufacture.