What is recorded here

This blue commemorative plaque records: Cragside The House of Lord Armstrong (1810-1900) investor, engineer and armaments manufacturer. His hydraulic and hydroelectric inventions were applied throughout his estate. The house was the first in the world to be lit by electricity derived from water power. Recorded plaque organisation: Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Lord William Armstrong (1810-1900) was a prominent British engineer, inventor, and industrialist who made significant contributions to hydraulic engineering and armaments technology; Cragside, his estate, was pioneering in its use of hydroelectricity for lighting.

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