Munitions 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. Women workers inspecting 9.2 explosive shells in a factory during World War I.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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