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Armaments Industry Collection

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Removing nose from 6 inch shell, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Removing nose from 6 inch shell, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Removing nose from 6 inch shell, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Rifling Big Guns, Watervliet, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Rifling Big Guns, Watervliet, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Rifling Big Guns, Watervliet, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: 16' Gun for Panama at Watervliet, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

16" Gun for Panama at Watervliet, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
16" Gun for Panama at Watervliet, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: H.M.S. Shannon Vickers Sons & Maxims Gun Works, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service

H.M.S. Shannon Vickers Sons & Maxims Gun Works, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
H.M.S. Shannon Vickers Sons & Maxims Gun Works, 1915. The Vickers, Sons and Maxim ordnance and ammunition factory at Barrow-in-Furness, England

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: English women finishing a 9.2 shell, between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

English women finishing a 9.2 shell, between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
English women finishing a 9.2 shell, between c1915 and 1917. Women workers inspecting 9.2 explosive shells in a factory during World War I

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864

Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Section of the Warrior floating target, showing the hole made by the 600-pound shell and the displacement of the upper plate, 1864

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864

Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864. The sight presented by the target when struck was very grand

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Three generations: A.P. Kalganov with son and granddaughter; the last two work in the shops

Three generations: A.P. Kalganov with son and granddaughter; the last two work in the shops of the Zlatoust plant, 1910. Two men and a woman posed outdoors at the Zlatoust arms plant. A. P

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Chimney of old Confederate Powder Works Mill, Augusta, Ga. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Chimney of old Confederate Powder Works Mill, Augusta, Ga. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Chimney of old Confederate Powder Works Mill, Augusta, Ga. between 1900 and 1910

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Hendrik Trip's Cannon Foundry in Julitabruk, Sweden, 1650-1675. Creator: Allart van Everdingen

Hendrik Trip's Cannon Foundry in Julitabruk, Sweden, 1650-1675. Creator: Allart van Everdingen
Hendrik Trip's Cannon Foundry in Julitabruk, Sweden, 1650-1675

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Gun Factory, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Gun Factory, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Gun Factory, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Jacobus Trip (1627-70), Armaments Dealer of Amsterdam and Dordrecht, 1647-1670

Jacobus Trip (1627-70), Armaments Dealer of Amsterdam and Dordrecht, 1647-1670. Creator: Bartholomeus van der Helst
Jacobus Trip (1627-70), Armaments Dealer of Amsterdam and Dordrecht, 1647-1670

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Shops, U.S. Armory, Springfield, Mass. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown

Shops, U.S. Armory, Springfield, Mass. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Shops, U.S. Armory, Springfield, Mass. between 1900 and 1920

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre; M Albert Thomas devant le panorama d'une grande usine de guerre surgie du sol en huit mois: la nouvelle poudrerie de Toulouse, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre; l'Exposition lyonnaise, 1914 (1916)

Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre; l'Exposition lyonnaise, 1914 (1916). Creator: Unknown
Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre; Aux ateliers de l'Exposition lyonnaise de 1914: le sous-secretaire d'Etat aux munitions parlant aux ouvriers du haut d'une tribune decoree

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Getting ready to hoist a mounted gun, in Washington Navy Yard(?), 1903

Getting ready to hoist a mounted gun, in Washington Navy Yard(?), 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Getting ready to hoist a mounted gun, in Washington Navy Yard(?), 1903

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: naval practice with a 100-pounder, 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: naval practice with a 100-pounder, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: naval practice with a 100-pounder, 1862. British sailors firing a cannon. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100... 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: casting the shot and shell for 100 pounders, 1862. In viewing the manner in which the work is carried out in the various branches of the Royal

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the guns at the proof-butts, 1862.... to fire a piece of ordnance...by the ordinary method of a man pulling a friction-tube while others are

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: finish-turning a 100-pounder, 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: finish-turning a 100-pounder, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: finish-turning a 100-pounder, 1862. The gun, being now completely built up, is carried to a lathe for the purpose of being finish-turned

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: the beehive, 1862. This is the upper floor of a two-storied building upwards of 200ft. in length and 60ft

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: firing from the rests, 1862

Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: firing from the rests, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: firing from the rests, 1862. At the Royal Laboratory practice-range of Woolwich Arsenal number of gunmakers of celebrity were present

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the rifle-rest, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the rifle-rest, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the rifle-rest, 1862. At the Royal Laboratory practice-range of Woolwich Arsenal number of gunmakers of celebrity were present

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the Council of the National Rifle

Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the Council of the National Rifle... 1862 Creator: Unknown
Official trial of small-bore rifles on Plumstead Marshes: the Council of the National Rifle Association watching the target, 1862

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862. Creator: W Thomas

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: welding the coil, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: coiling the bars, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the... 1862

Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Manufacture of the Armstrong Gun at Woolwich Arsenal: drawing down and welding the bars previous to coiling, 1862. An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Finishing shells at Woolwich Arsenal, 1862. Creator: W Thomas

Finishing shells at Woolwich Arsenal, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Finishing shells at Woolwich Arsenal, 1862. Exertions are continued at Woolwich to supply munitions of war to the British possessions in North America...The splendid shell foundry is capable of

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Trade Card Bearing the Name of the Late Gunmaker John Knubley (1750-1795), ca. 17... ca

Trade Card Bearing the Name of the Late Gunmaker John Knubley (1750-1795), ca. 17... ca. 1795-1804. Creator: Anon
Trade Card Bearing the Name of the Late Gunmaker John Knubley (1750-1795), ca. 1795-1804

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Trade Card of the Gunmaker Samuel Brunn (active 1795-1820), 1797-1803. 1797-1803. Creator: Anon

Trade Card of the Gunmaker Samuel Brunn (active 1795-1820), 1797-1803. 1797-1803. Creator: Anon
Trade Card of the Gunmaker Samuel Brunn (active 1795-1820), 1797-1803

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Armour Plate Press, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Armour Plate Press, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Armour Plate Press, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: In the Jaws of Death, Rolling Bars for Shells, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

In the Jaws of Death, Rolling Bars for Shells, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
In the Jaws of Death, Rolling Bars for Shells, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Biggest Lathe in the World, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Biggest Lathe in the World, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Biggest Lathe in the World, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Cutting and Turning a Big Gun, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Cutting and Turning a Big Gun, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Cutting and Turning a Big Gun, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Steel Bars for Shells, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Steel Bars for Shells, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Steel Bars for Shells, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Old Gun-Pit, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Old Gun-Pit, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Old Gun-Pit, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Cauldrons, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Cauldrons, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Cauldrons, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Little Men of the Big Hammer, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Little Men of the Big Hammer, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Little Men of the Big Hammer, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Making Rifles, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Making Rifles, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Making Rifles, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Bay of the Thousand Girls, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Bay of the Thousand Girls, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Bay of the Thousand Girls, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Basilica of War, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Basilica of War, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Basilica of War, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Big Gate of the Big Shop, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Big Gate of the Big Shop, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Big Gate of the Big Shop, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: By-Products, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

By-Products, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
By-Products, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Great Hammer, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Great Hammer, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Great Hammer, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Finishing Shells, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Finishing Shells, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Finishing Shells, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Casting Shells, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Casting Shells, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Casting Shells, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Gun-Testing, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Gun-Testing, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Gun-Testing, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Gun Shop, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Gun Shop, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Gun Shop, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Shell Factory, No. I, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Shell Factory, No. I, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Shell Factory, No.I, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Shaping a Gun from an Ingot, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Shaping a Gun from an Ingot, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Shaping a Gun from an Ingot, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Shell Factory, No. II, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Shell Factory, No. II, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Shell Factory, No.II, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Bottling the Big Shell, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Bottling the Big Shell, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Bottling the Big Shell, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Ready for War, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Ready for War, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Ready for War, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Taking the Big Gun Away, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Taking the Big Gun Away, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Taking the Big Gun Away, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: From the Tops of the Furnaces, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

From the Tops of the Furnaces, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
From the Tops of the Furnaces, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Bringing in the Gun, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Bringing in the Gun, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Bringing in the Gun, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Fitting Guns in Turrets, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Fitting Guns in Turrets, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Fitting Guns in Turrets, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Gun Pit, No. I, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Gun Pit, No. I, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Gun Pit, No.I, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: In the Land of Brobdingnag, the Armour Plate Bending Press, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

In the Land of Brobdingnag, the Armour Plate Bending Press, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
In the Land of Brobdingnag, the Armour Plate Bending Press, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Gun Pit, No. II, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Gun Pit, No. II, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Gun Pit, No.II, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Building the Great Turret, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Building the Great Turret, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Building the Great Turret, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Munitions River, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Munitions River, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Munitions River, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Within the Furnaces, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Within the Furnaces, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Within the Furnaces, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Making Armour-Plate, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Making Armour-Plate, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Making Armour-Plate, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Gun Forge, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Gun Forge, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Gun Forge, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Forges, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Forges, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Forges, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Gun-Testing Ground, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Gun-Testing Ground, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Gun-Testing Ground, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Forging Shells, The Slaves of the Wheel, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Forging Shells, The Slaves of the Wheel, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Forging Shells, The Slaves of the Wheel, 1917

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Urns, Casting Big Shells, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Urns, Casting Big Shells, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Urns, Casting Big Shells, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Planing Big Shells, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Planing Big Shells, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Planing Big Shells, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The Shell Factory, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Shell Factory, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Shell Factory, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: The New Gun-Pit, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The New Gun-Pit, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The New Gun-Pit, 1916

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Men of Progress, 1862. Creator: Christian Schussele

Men of Progress, 1862. Creator: Christian Schussele
Men of Progress, 1862

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Portrait of William Tranter, 1860-1890. Creator: Butler E Tranter

Portrait of William Tranter, 1860-1890. Creator: Butler E Tranter
Portrait of William William Tranter, 1860-1890. William William Tranter (1816-1890) was a gunmaker and gun designer with a factory in Aston, Birmingham

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Trade Card for Bissets Directory, Birmingham, 1800. Creator: Thomas Hancock

Trade Card for Bissets Directory, Birmingham, 1800. Creator: Thomas Hancock
Trade Card for Bissets Directory, Birmingham, 1800

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Alfred Krupp, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25

Alfred Krupp, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Grand Hotel, Calcutta, 1902. Creator: Unknown

Grand Hotel, Calcutta, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Grand Hotel, Calcutta, 1902. Hotel in Calcutta, (now Kolkata), Bengal, India. One of the shops in the arcade is Lyon & Lyon, gun and rifle makers. Postcard

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Interior of U.S. gun shop, Washington Navy Yard, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Interior of U.S. gun shop, Washington Navy Yard, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Interior of U.S. gun shop, Washington Navy Yard, 1903

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Krupp s, (1919). Creator: Unknown

Krupp s, (1919). Creator: Unknown
Krupp s, (1919). This famous cannon foundry, where most of the engines of war employed by the German nation are manufactured, is situated in Essen, a town in the Rhenish Prussian coalfields

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Shot Manufactory, Tooley Street, from London Bridge, Bermondsey, London, 1828

Shot Manufactory, Tooley Street, from London Bridge, Bermondsey, London, 1828

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Maxim machine gun, c1895

Maxim machine gun, c1895. The engineer Hiram Maxim developed the first fully automatic machine gun (1884) which he offered to the United States War and Navy departments

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Boys of Bradfield College making shell parts, Berkshire, c1916 (1928)

Boys of Bradfield College making shell parts, Berkshire, c1916 (1928). From The Wonder Book of Soldiers for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Armament Section at Work, 1940

Armament Section at Work, 1940. From Our Air Force published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1940

Background imageArmaments Industry Collection: Cannon foundry, 1487 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

Cannon foundry, 1487 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Cannon foundry, 1487 (1954). Found in the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor. A print from Leonardo da Vinci by Ludwig H Heydenreich. (London, 1954)



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