The Portsmouth Block Mills form part of the Portsmouth Dockyard at Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and were built during the Napoleonic Wars to supply the British Royal Navy with pulley blocks. They started the age of mass-production using all-metal machine tools and are regarded as one of the seminal buildings of the British Industrial Revolution. They are also the site of the first stationary steam engines used by the Admiralty.
Since 2003 English Heritage has been undertaking a detailed survey of the buildings and the records relating to the machines.
Read more about Portsmouth Block Mills: Development of Portsmouth Dockyard, Blocks, The Block-making Processes Using The Machines, Significant Features, The Manufacture of The Block-making Machines, Publicity, Later History
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