Samuel Colt's presence in the British market…
1854 CE
It will take many more years and a U.K. government commission before the point becomes universally accepted that such manufacture is possible and economical.
Colt had opened his London plant on the River Thames at Pimlico and had begun production on January 1, 1853.
Many English people see Colt's advanced steampowered machinery as proof of America's growing position as a leader in modern industrial production.
On a tour of the factory, Charles Dickens is so impressed with the facilities that he records his favorable comments of Colt's revolvers in an 1854 edition of his magazine Household Words.
Most significant, the Colt factory's machines mass-produce interchangeable parts that can be easily and cheaply put together on assembly lines using standardized patterns and gauges by unskilled labor as opposed to England's top gunmakers.
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