Thanks for the great and informative video!! My 4th great grandfather, John Llewellyn came over from Wales in the early 1800's and eventually found work at the armory as a machinist. He made his way to Texas in the 1830's and fought for Texas independence at the battle of San Jacinto. Some accounts have him as one of the men who captured Mexican commander and president Antonio Lopez De Santa Ana. He later returned to the armory to work and then returned to Texas to live out his final days sometime before the Civil war. Thanks again! P.S. I hope he was one of the hard workers! It's a trait that is passed down through our family.
Needs much more views. Come on algorythm!! This is excellent content! side note: What i just cant get my head around are the huge production numbers shortly before and during the war. From some of the pictures you can clearly see (the bayonet polisher) that there are alot of. This was early mass production. But still... the numbers they reached are extraordinary and thats why this was such n important war target. I once painted 1:72 napolenic miniature figures, and after a while i figured that i would be much faster to paint just one piece of equipment in one color, set it aside and let it dry, and painted the whole unit like that. It took away so much time, and at the end i calculated the de facto amount of time i needed to paint 1 figure fully. Allthough i was not a professional, it was was way way better than most of the stuff i see on ebay. It took me on average 25 minutes for 1 Fusilier Line Infantry soldier. Never underestimate the production power of an assembly line. Its crazy.
Thanks for watching and commenting - it definitely helps feed the algorithm! And yes, mass production was well on its way at this point. It just took another half-century for Henry Ford to perfect it.
Yes, they managed to send $300,000 ($9.5M today) worth of equipment and assorted parts down to Richmond. They got enough completed spare parts to assemble 7,000-10,000 guns, as well as approximately 4,200 completed guns. Equipment included more than 300 machines and more than 57,000 tools.
Thanks for the great and informative video!! My 4th great grandfather, John Llewellyn came over from Wales in the early 1800's and eventually found work at the armory as a machinist. He made his way to Texas in the 1830's and fought for Texas independence at the battle of San Jacinto. Some accounts have him as one of the men who captured Mexican commander and president Antonio Lopez De Santa Ana. He later returned to the armory to work and then returned to Texas to live out his final days sometime before the Civil war. Thanks again! P.S. I hope he was one of the hard workers! It's a trait that is passed down through our family.
Thanks for watching and for sharing the family story!
Keep them coming 👍
What an entertaining video. Full of facts and comedy at the same time. Well done!
Thanks! I guess it's better to be funny than funny-looking!
Now that’s my kind of place to work lol
Needs much more views. Come on algorythm!! This is excellent content!
side note: What i just cant get my head around are the huge production numbers shortly before and during the war. From some of the pictures you can clearly see (the bayonet polisher) that there are alot of. This was early mass production. But still... the numbers they reached are extraordinary and thats why this was such n important war target. I once painted 1:72 napolenic miniature figures, and after a while i figured that i would be much faster to paint just one piece of equipment in one color, set it aside and let it dry, and painted the whole unit like that. It took away so much time, and at the end i calculated the de facto amount of time i needed to paint 1 figure fully. Allthough i was not a professional, it was was way way better than most of the stuff i see on ebay. It took me on average 25 minutes for 1 Fusilier Line Infantry soldier. Never underestimate the production power of an assembly line. Its crazy.
Thanks for watching and commenting - it definitely helps feed the algorithm! And yes, mass production was well on its way at this point. It just took another half-century for Henry Ford to perfect it.
Did the Confederacy salvage anything from the armory after its destruction?
Yes, they managed to send $300,000 ($9.5M today) worth of equipment and assorted parts down to Richmond. They got enough completed spare parts to assemble 7,000-10,000 guns, as well as approximately 4,200 completed guns. Equipment included more than 300 machines and more than 57,000 tools.
@@HighCaliberHistoryLLC thanx for the additional history.
You're very welcome!
Good thing weed wasn't popular yet. They never would have got anything done. Kind of like Millennial employees today. Good video. Thanks