Person    | Male  Born 1735  Died 1786

Pieter Verbruggen

Categories: Engineering

Countries: Netherlands

Gun-founder. Son of Jan Verbruggen. The picture shows the second machine built by the Verbruggens.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Pieter Verbruggen

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Verbruggen's House - 1

Verbruggen's House, 1773, built for Jan & Pieter Vanbruggen, joint master...

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Verbruggen's House - 2

The plaque refers to the Verbruggens as brothers, when in fact they were fath...

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