Supermarine was an aircraft manufacturer established in 1913 as Pemberton-Billing Limited. In 1928 Supermarine was sold to the engineering conglomerate Vickers Limited, after which the Southampton works became known as Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers) Ltd. The company built a range of seaplanes and flying boats but is best remembered for producing Spitfire fighter planes during the Second World War. The aircraft erecting shop seen here was part of a building programme undertaken on the Woolston site in the mid 1930s.
This is part of the Series: FEL01/02 Photographs Taken By Herbert Felton For The Architect And Building News, The Architects' Journal, And The Architectural Review; within the Collection: FEL01 Herbert Felton Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Felton, (Leo) Herbert
Mid 20th Century Aircraft Factory, Mid 20th Century Erecting Shop