Timeline of Barrow-in-Furness

The following is a timeline of the history of Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom.
Walney Lighthouse superseded the port and new town of Barrow upon completion in 1804
Statue of Henry Schneider , a founder of the new town of Barrow
The Barrow Jute Works opened in 1870 and employed upwards of 2,000 women
Barrow Town Hall was completed in 1887
The Mayfly airship disaster in Cavendish Dock
The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1960; the UK's first nuclear powered submarine
INS Viraat of the Indian Navy was launched as the Royal Navy's HMS Hermes in 1953
Devonshire Dock Hall was completed in 1986 and included the world's largest shiplift
Barrow Offshore Wind Farm , the first of many such facilities to be built off the town's coast
Barrow-in-FurnessEnglandUnited KingdomNeolithicVikingHawcoatWalneyFurness AbbeyBarrow IslandPiel CastleEnglish ReformationWalney LighthouseHenry SchneiderBarrow Jute WorksBarrow Town HallFurness RailwayRoa IslandSt. Mary of Furness Roman Catholic ChurchSt. George's ChurchRampsideBarrow Hematite Steel CompanySir James RamsdenDevonshire DockSt. James' ChurchBarrow RaidersDevonshire BuildingsRamsden DockSS City of RomeBarrow Central railway stationMichaelson Road BridgeBarrow and FurnessBarrow-in-Furness Tramways CompanyOttoman submarine Abdül HamidSpencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of DevonshireCo-operative BuildingVickers Shipbuilding and EngineeringVickers LimitedNorth-Western Daily MailBarrow-in-Furness power stationHMS DreadnoughtINS ViraatIndian NavyHMS HermesDevonshire Dock HallshipliftJapanese battleship MikasaBarrow A.F.C.VickerstownBarrow Technical SchoolHotel MajesticJubilee BridgeBarrow ParkBrazilian battleship São PauloHMS VanguardBarrow Central Fire Station is openedJapanese battleship KongōWorld War IAbbey HouseBarrow Park CenotaphBarrow Main Public LibraryRMS StrathairdJohn Whinnerah InstituteWorld War IIHMS IllustriousHMS IndomitableWinston ChurchillHMS UpholderLuftwaffeBarrow/Walney Island AirportRoyal Air ForceBarrow BlitzHMS ColossusBishop of Barrow-in-FurnessHMAS MelbourneRMS Empress of RussiaRoosecote Power StationBarrowChallenge CupSS OrianaCraven HouseHMS SwiftsureBorough of Barrow-in-FurnessLancashireCumbriaHMS InvincibleHMS TrafalgarFurness General HospitalRampside Gas TerminalFA TrophySouth Lakes Wild Animal ParkDock MuseumPortland Walk Shopping CentreHMS OceanBAE SystemsBAE Systems MarineBarrow Offshore Wind FarmRFA Wave KnightHMS AlbionHMS Bulwarkoutbreak of legionellosisHMS AstuteThe WaterfrontFurness General Hospital scandalSt James' ChurchDreadnought-class submarinesnew class of submarineWestmorland and FurnessHistory of CumbriaListed buildings in Barrow-in-FurnessList of ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-FurnessList of people from Barrow-in-FurnessEncyclopædia BritannicaListed buildingsTallest buildingsCoat of armsCouncilElectionsDialectSchoolsPeoplePort of BarrowBarrow-built VesselsPlace of WorshipNorth West EnglandYears in EnglandTimeline10th centurycitiesEast MidlandsLeicesterLincolnNottinghamEast of EnglandCambridgeNorwichLondonNorth EastNorthumbria & NorthumberlandSunderlandNorth WestCarlisleCheshireLiverpoolManchesterSouth EastBrightonOxfordReadingSouthamptonWorthingSouth WestBristolExeterPlymouthWest MidlandsBirminghamYorkshire & the HumberBradfordSheffieldBelfastDundeeEdinburghGlasgowCardiffLlanelli