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Munitions Industry Collection

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Recessing rings, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Recessing rings, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Recessing rings, between c1915 and c1920

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

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

Background imageMunitions 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 imageMunitions Industry Collection: Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Ball-Cartridge-Making, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Ball-Cartridge-Making, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Ball-Cartridge-Making, 1854. Kent factory of Schlesinger & Wells during the Crimean War - extensive contract for the supply of ball cartridges to the Turkish

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Bullet-Casting, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Bullet-Casting, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ammunition Works at Northfleet - Bullet-Casting, 1854. Kent factory of Schlesinger & Wells during the Crimean War -...extensive contract for the supply of ball cartridges to the Turkish

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Girls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Girls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Girls making cartridges for Enfield rifles at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1862. Our illustration was taken [at]...the Royal Laboratory Department...near the Plumstead marshes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Background imageMunitions 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 imageMunitions Industry Collection: The Acolytes Preparing the Altar of the War God, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Acolytes Preparing the Altar of the War God, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Acolytes Preparing the Altar of the War God, 1916

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Munition Works, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Munition Works, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Munition Works, 1916

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

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

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Britains Army of Women Workers, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

Britains Army of Women Workers, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Britains Army of Women Workers, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920)....mess room at a national projectile factory. From " The Great World War: A History", Volume VI

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Women Workers and the War... First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

Women Workers and the War... First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Women Workers and the War: drilling and assembling operations on fuses, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). From " The Great World War: A History", Volume VI, edited by Frank A Mumby

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Women at Work that Men might Fight, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Women at Work that Men might Fight, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Women at Work that Men might Fight, 1916. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume IV. The Summer Campaign - 1915", edited by J. A. Hammerton

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Women Workers for the War, c1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

Women Workers for the War, c1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Women Workers for the War, c1914-1918, (c1920). Shell-making in one of the Scottish munition works. Women manufacturing shells in a factory during the First World War

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: U.S. Naval Gun Factory. Wash. D.C. 2 men working at bench, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

U.S. Naval Gun Factory. Wash. D.C. 2 men working at bench, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S. Naval Gun Factory. Wash. D.C. 2 men working at bench, 1903

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Munitions Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut, c1870s. Artist: Theodore R Davis

Munitions Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut, c1870s. Artist: Theodore R Davis
Munitions Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut, c1870s. Machines speeded up production after the Civil War. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Leaving the Munition Works, 1918, 1920. Artist: Winifred Knights

Leaving the Munition Works, 1918, 1920. Artist: Winifred Knights
Leaving the Munition Works, 1918, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Male munitions workers in Engineering Shop, School of Building, Brixton, London, 1915

Male munitions workers in Engineering Shop, School of Building, Brixton, London, 1915. Men working at benches with belt driven machinery

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Female munitions workers, Shoreditch Technical Institute, London, 1915

Female munitions workers, Shoreditch Technical Institute, London, 1915
Female munitions workers, mechanical engineering workshop, Shoreditch Technical Institute, London, 1915

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Scene at Silvertown following an explosion in a munitions factory, London, World War I, 1917

Scene at Silvertown following an explosion in a munitions factory, London, World War I, 1917. The explosion, which happened at 6.52 pm on Friday 19 January, killed 73 people and injured over 400

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Watts Shot Tower, Lambeth, London, 1813

Watts Shot Tower, Lambeth, London, 1813. View with Somerset House behind and to the left of the tower

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, Kent, 1841

Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, Kent, 1841. View showing soldiers and civilians examining cannon balls. Established in the late 17th century

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Women munitions workers putting a coat of paint on aerial bombs, World War I, c1914-c1918

Women munitions workers putting a coat of paint on aerial bombs, World War I, c1914-c1918

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Munition City, 1916, (1917). Artist: Joseph Pennell

Munition City, 1916, (1917). Artist: Joseph Pennell
Munition City, 1916, (1917). From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1917]

Background imageMunitions 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 imageMunitions Industry Collection: Appeal for aluminum, 1940, (1940)

Appeal for aluminum, 1940, (1940). On 9th July 1940, Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, made an appeal for the nation to provide aluminum found in household objects to be used in

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: A munitions factory, World War I, 1917 (1938). Artist: Horace Walter Nicholls

A munitions factory, World War I, 1917 (1938). Artist: Horace Walter Nicholls
A munitions factory, World War I, 1917 (1938). Munitions workers with shells in a warehouse at National Shell Filling Factory No 6 at Chilwell, Nottinghamshire

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Munition Workers Wearing Respirators While Filling Sells with Trinitrotoluene (T. N. T)

Munition Workers Wearing Respirators While Filling Sells with Trinitrotoluene (T. N. T. ), c1916, (19)
Munition Workers Wearing Respirators While Filling Sells with Trinitrotoluene (T.N.T.), c1916, (1935). From His Majesty The King 1910-1935. [Associated Newspapers Ltd. London, 1935]

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Where The Shells Came From (Sheffield), c1927, (1927). Artist: Reginald Belfield

Where The Shells Came From (Sheffield), c1927, (1927). Artist: Reginald Belfield
Where The Shells Came From (Sheffield), c1927, (1927). From From Landscape To Studio, by Reginald Belfield. [Methuen & Co. Ltd, London, 1927]

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Girl munition workers at their lathes in a Scottish mill, c1914

Girl munition workers at their lathes in a Scottish mill, c1914. By June 1917, roughly 80% of the weaponry and ammunition used by the British army during World War I was being made by munitionettes

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: The Czar, taken among the workmen at the great Putiloff Munition and Engineering Works, 1914

The Czar, taken among the workmen at the great Putiloff Munition and Engineering Works, 1914
A photograph of the Czar, taken among the workmen at the great Putiloff Munition and Engineering Works at Petrograd, c1914. Tsar Nicholas II (1868?1918) visits the Putilov Works in Petrograd

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: His Majesty inspects the shells at Holmes and Co Ltd, Hull, Yorkshire, World War I, c1914-c1918

His Majesty inspects the shells at Holmes and Co Ltd, Hull, Yorkshire, World War I, c1914-c1918. King George V visiting a munitions works. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Munitions factory, London, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Haua

Munitions factory, London, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Haua
Munitions factory, London, World War I, 1914-1918

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Munitions factory workers, London, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Haua

Munitions factory workers, London, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Haua
Munitions factory workers, London, World War I, 1914-1918. Group portrait of workers in a factory producing bombs. The photographers shadow can be seen in the foreground

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Moulding explosive gum cartridges, Isleten, near Fluelen, Switzerland, 1893

Moulding explosive gum cartridges, Isleten, near Fluelen, Switzerland, 1893. A print from the Illustrated London News, 7th January 1893

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Views in the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, c1880

Views in the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, c1880. The boilerhouse, grindery, annealing furnaces, brasswork, forges. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: In the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, c1880

In the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, c1880. The shot and shell foundry, the shot yard, bullet making, carriage department, turning room, and forging a breech coil

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Packing cartridges into boxes at Isleten, near Fluelen, Switzerland, 1893

Packing cartridges into boxes at Isleten, near Fluelen, Switzerland, 1893. A print from the Illustrated London News, (7 January 1893)

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Filling cartridges with dynamite powder at Isleten, near Fluelen, Switzerland, 1893

Filling cartridges with dynamite powder at Isleten, near Fluelen, Switzerland, 1893. A print from the Illustrated London News, (7 January 1893)

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Woolwich Arsenal, London, 20th Century

Woolwich Arsenal, London, 20th Century. Established in the late 17th century, Woolwich Arsenal was named the Royal Arsenal by George III in 1805

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Alfred Krupp, 19th century German metallurgist and industrialist, (1900)

Alfred Krupp, 19th century German metallurgist and industrialist, (1900). In 1826, aged only 14, Alfred Krupp (1812-1887) took over the steel-making factory founded by his father Friedrich

Background imageMunitions Industry Collection: Women manufacturing shell casings in a Russian factory, World War II, 1943

Women manufacturing shell casings in a Russian factory, World War II, 1943



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